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HI HCR172
Concurrent Resolution
Status
3/12/2021
Primary Sponsor
Ernesto Ganaden
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AI Summary
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Requests the Department of Accounting and General Services, Department of Budget and Finance, and Department of Public Safety to submit public testimony on all proposed legislation that could potentially increase jail populations in Hawaii.
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Requires Department of Accounting and General Services to address the impact of proposed legislation on facilities, including increased overcrowding and non-compliance with consent decrees based on recent data extrapolation.
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Requires Department of Budget and Finance to include potential fiscal impact of proposed legislation on state spending, extrapolated from relevant recent data.
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Requires Department of Public Safety to provide evidence that proposed legislation will achieve its stated outcomes, or testify that no such evidence exists, and to identify alternatives to incarceration that may be more effective, equally effective at lower cost, or more effective at lower cost.
Legislative Description
Requesting The Department Of Accounting And General Services, Department Of Budget And Finance, And Department Of Public Safety To Testify On Any Legislation That Would Potentially Increase Overcrowding Conditions At Hawaii's Correctional Facilities.
Department of Public Safety
Last Action
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) McDermott, Okimoto voting no (2) and none excused (0).
3/24/2021