Bill Text: HI SB61 | 2013 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Juveniles; Informal Adjustment; Restorative Justice

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-05-01 - Act 062, 4/30/2013 (Gov. Msg. No. 1162). [SB61 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2013-SB61-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1011

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   S.B. No. 61

      S.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred S.B. No. 61, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO JUVENILES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to provide important accountability options for juveniles involved with the justice system by allowing children who are undergoing informal adjustment by a court or another designated agency the option of participating in a restorative justice program.

 

     The Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Hawaii Youth Services Network, Community Alliance on Prisons, American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii, and many individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Office of Youth Services supported the intent of this bill.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 61, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services,

 

 

		____________________________ MELE CARROLL, Chair