Bill Text: HI HB2266 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Prison Rape

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-07-07 - (S) Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 194, 7/6/2010, (Gov. Msg. No. 686). [HB2266 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-HB2266-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO.  621-10

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2266

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2266 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CORRECTIONS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to prevent the sexual abuse of prisoners by requiring the Department of Public Safety (DPS) to:

 

(1)  Seek grant funds, establish a zero-tolerance policy and counseling services, and take other actions to address this problem;

 

(2)  Report to the Legislature annually on sexual assaults within the prison, and criminal and civil cases concerning sexual assaults on persons in custody; and

 

(3)  Report to the 2011 Legislature on its efforts to implement the federal Prison Rape Elimination Act in state correctional facilities.

 

     The American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii, The Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii, Community Alliance on Prisons, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  DPS opposed this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2266, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2266, H.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

 

		____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair