Relating To Correctional Facilities. [HB-2516]
Prohibits any planning, design, financing, development, or construction of a new jail in a county having a population in excess of five hundred thousand unless the Hawaii correctional systems oversight commission participates as a full partner in the planning, design, financing, development, and construction of the facility. Appropriates moneys. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
HB-2516: Relating To Correctional Facilities.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bertrand Kobayashi
Reported From Cmv (stand. Com. Rep. No. 203-22) As Amended In Hd 1, Recommending Passage On Second Reading And Referral To Jha. on 02/10/2022
Relating To Searches Of Female Inmates. [HB-2435]
Requires pat downs and searches of female inmates to be conducted by a female correctional facility employee unless the inmate presents a risk of immediate harm to self or others or risk of escape. Prohibits male correctional facility employees from entering areas where female inmates may be in a state of undress for the purpose of conducting a search unless an inmate in the area presents a risk of immediate harm to self or others or if there is a medical emergency in the area. Requires any prohibited search, pat down, or entry by a male correctional
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HB-2435: Relating To Searches Of Female Inmates.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregg Takayama
Reported From Cmv (stand. Com. Rep. No. 476-22) As Amended In Hd 1, Recommending Passage On Second Reading And Referral To Jha. on 02/17/2022
Relating To Shooting Facilities. [SB-3298]
Establishes a working group consisting of the Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources, Director of Public Safety, and hunters and recreational shooters to determine potential locations and requirements for a shooting facility in the County of Hawaii. (CD1)
SB-3298: Relating To Shooting Facilities.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joy San Buenaventura
Act 214, On 06/27/2022 (gov. Msg. No. 1315). on 06/27/2022
Relating To Native Hawaiian Rehabilitation Programs. [HB-2311]
Requires the department of public safety, in collaboration with the office of Hawaiian affairs, to create a Native Hawaiian rehabilitation program for prison inmates that puts an emphasis on preserving Native Hawaiian values and cultural practices. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
HB-2311: Relating To Native Hawaiian Rehabilitation Programs.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregg Takayama
Reported From Jha (stand. Com. Rep. No. 629-22), Recommending Referral To Fin. on 02/18/2022
Relating To Risk And Needs Assessment For Female Offenders. [HB-2313]
Requires the department of public safety to develop a pretrial female risk and needs assessment tool and conduct internal pretrial female risk and needs assessments to measure the female offender's risk of flight, criminal conduct, or harm to the community. Requires the pretrial female risk and needs assessment tool to consider factors important to women when considering their risk to reoffend and treatment needs. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
HB-2313: Relating To Risk And Needs Assessment For Female Offenders.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregg Takayama
The Committee(s) On Fin Recommend(s) That The Measure Be Deferred. on 02/23/2022
Relating To Incarceration. [HB-2309]
Appropriates funds to the department of public safety for identification card machines, to the Hawaii paroling authority for community housing for parolees, and to the department of health for a forensic peer specialist program. Requires a report from each entity prior to the regular session of 2024. (CD1)
HB-2309: Relating To Incarceration.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregg Takayama
Act 117, On 06/27/2022 (gov. Msg. No. 1218). on 06/27/2022
Relating To Prison Reform. [HB-2312]
Establishes the women's corrections implementation commission in the judiciary to ensure implementation of the recommendations from the final report of the House Concurrent Resolution No. 85 (2016) task force, to develop and implement an evidence-based, gender-responsive plan to divert non-violent women offenders, especially those with minor children, from the criminal justice system. Requires the commission to consider model programs including residential, in-person and community-based rehabilitation programs, supportive and subsidized housing,
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HB-2312: Relating To Prison Reform.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregg Takayama
Received Notice Of Passage On Final Reading In House (hse. Com. No. 824). on 05/05/2022