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HI SB903
Bill
Status
1/20/2023
Primary Sponsor
Brandon Elefante
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AI Summary
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Requires the Department of the Attorney General to establish and support a restorative justice program in collaboration with county prosecuting attorneys, offering restorative justice opportunities in each county.
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Mandates the Department of the Attorney General inform the judiciary, prosecuting attorneys, public defender, Criminal Justice and Corrections Section members of the Hawaii State Bar Association, and community policing representatives of the program's existence.
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Authorizes the Department of the Attorney General to request Victims of Crime Act grant funds to support the program.
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Defines "restorative justice" to include restorative dialogues, conferences, justice circles, sessions, Native Hawaiian reconciliation practices such as ho'oponopono, and other restorative justice group processes.
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Appropriates an unspecified amount from general revenues for fiscal years 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 to fund the restorative justice program.
Legislative Description
Relating To Restorative Justice.
Appropriation ($)
Last Action
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
2/17/2023