HR 70: requesting the department of corrections and rehabilitation to expand its personal and professional development programs to include community service programS.
- Session Year: 2025-2026
- House: House
- Latest Version Date: 2025-03-06
Current Status:
In Progress
(2025-03-28: The committee on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The recommendation was not adopted. The votes were as follows: 1 Ayes: Representative(s) Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 8 Noes: Representative(s) Belatti, Iwamoto, Hashem, Ichiyama, Lamosao, Morikawa, Poepoe, Souza; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Woodson.)
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requesting the department of corrections and rehabilitation to expand its personal and professional development programs to include community service programS.
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THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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HOUSE RESOLUTION
requesting the department of corrections and rehabilitation to expand its personal and professional development programs to include community service programS.
WHEREAS, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation offers a variety of programs to help inmates gain educational credentials, life skills, and work experience; and
WHEREAS, inmate work programs help to reduce idleness, teach marketable skills, and reduce correctional costs; and
WHEREAS, the State and counties have landscaping work, road work, construction work, and other tasks that could be performed by inmates; and
WHEREAS, expanding the programs offered at correctional facilities to include community service programs would benefit the correctional facilities, inmates, and the State; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Thirty-third Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2025, that the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is requested to expand its personal and professional development programs to include community service programs; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the community service programs should require inmates to fix potholes, trim trees, pick up litter, and perform other services for the State or counties; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the Director of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
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DCR; Prison Work Programs; Community Service
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| Mar 28, 2025 | The committee on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The recommendation was not adopted. The votes were as follows: 1 Ayes: Representative(s) Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 8 Noes: Representative(s) Belatti, Iwamoto, Hashem, Ichiyama, Lamosao, Morikawa, Poepoe, Souza; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Woodson. |
| Mar 25, 2025 | Resolution scheduled to be heard by PBS on Friday, 03-28-25 9:00AM in conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Referred to PBS, referral sheet 22 |
| Mar 7, 2025 | Offered |
| Mar 6, 2025 | To be offered. |
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| Mar 28, 2025 | The committee on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED | House Standing Committee on Public Safety |
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Positions by individuals are not included.
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| Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation | *** Support | Mar 27, 2025 |
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| Mar 27, 2025 | HR70_TESTIMONY_PBS_03-28-25_.PDF |
Discussed in Hearing
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House Standing Committee on Public Safety
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