SB 2243 Summary

• Requires a correctional impact statement to accompany any bill that creates a new criminal offense, amends an existing offense or penalty, or changes sentencing, parole, or probation procedures.

• Correctional impact statements must address estimated new criminal cases annually, fiscal impact of additional confined persons, projected impact on native Hawaiians and at-risk communities, and effects on correctional facilities and capacity.

• Statements must also assess projected impact of sentencing provisions on future criminal justice and corrections populations, and include other relevant factors indicated by the legislation.

• Establishes that the corrections population management commission shall assist bill introducers in preparing correctional impact statements using the sentencing simulation model created under Act 267, Session Laws of Hawaii 2000.

• Effective upon approval and addresses the over-representation of native Hawaiians in the criminal justice system as a public safety concern.