STAND. COM. REP. NO.
Honolulu, Hawaii
APR 0 1 2025
RE: S.R. No. 18
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Thirty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2025
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Public Safety and Military Affairs and
Transportation and Culture and the Arts, to which was referred
S.R. No. 18 entitled:
"SENATE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
AND REHABILITATION TO COLLABORATE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION TO USE INMATE WORK FURLOUGH PROGRAMS FOR STATE
ROADWAY AND HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to collaborate with
the Department of Transportation to use inmate work furlough
programs for state roadway and highway maintenance.
Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure
from the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Department
of Transportation, Hawaii Correctional System Oversight
Commission, and one individual.
Your Committees find that inmate work furlough programs
provide meaningful opportunities for incarcerated individuals to
learn trade skills and gain experience that will assist them in
their transition back into society by facilitating their ability
to find employment upon release. Currently, the Department of
Transportation is the largest employer of inmate labor relating to
state roadway and highway maintenance. This resolution requests
the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to collaborate
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with the Department of Transportation to provide additional inmate
workforce opportunities for the purpose of enhancing and
maintaining state roadways and highways. Your Committees further
find that this request supports both the incarcerated population
and the general public by continuing the use of inmate work
furlough programs to build up incarcerated individuals' job
prospects for post-prison life and by supplying necessary labor to
maintain the public thoroughfares that erode from daily use.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Public Safety and Military Affairs and
Transportation and Culture and the Arts that are attached to this
report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.R.
No. 18 and recommend its adoption.
Respectfully submitted on
behalf of the members of the
Committees on Public Safety and
Military Affairs and
Transportation and Culture and
the Arts,
CHRIS LEE, Chair
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 The Senate
Thirty-Third Legislature
State of Hawaii
Record of Votes
Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs
PSM
Bill / Resolution No.: Committee Referral: Date:
F&H/TCA
The Committee is reconsidering its previous decision on this measure.
If so, then the previous decision was to:
The ReoeHTimendation is:
Pass, unamended Pass, with amendments Hold Recommit
2312 2311 2310 2313
Members Aye (WR) Nay Excused
ELEFANTE, Brandon J.C. (C)
WAKAI, Glenn (VC)
FUKUNAGA, Carol
RHOADS, Karl
DECORTE, Samantha
TOTAL 1/^
Recommendation:
Adopted Not Adopted
Chair’s or Designee’s Signa
Distribution: Original Pink Goldenrod
File with Committee RKdo nice Drafting Agency Committee File Copy
Only one measure per Record of Votes
Revised: 12/09/24
 The Senate
Thirty-Third Legislature
State of Hawaii
Record of Votes
Committee on Transportation and Culture and the Arts
TCA
Bill / Resolution No.:* Committee Referral: Date:
Psi^/tca
__ The Committee is reconsidering its previous decision on this measure.
If so, then the previous decision was to:______________________________________
The f^commendation is:
Pass, unamended __ Pass, with amendments __ Hold __ Recommit
2312 2311 2310 2313
Members Aye Aye (WR) Nay Excused
LEE, Chris (C)
INOUYE, Lorraine R. (VC)
ELEFANTE, Brandon J.C.
KANUHA, Dru Mamo
DECORTE, Samantha
TOTAL /
Recommendation:
1/ Adopted __ Not Adopted
Chair’s or Designee’s Signature:
Distribution: Original / Yellow Pink Goldenrod
File with Committee Report Clerk's Office Drafting Agency Committee File Copy
*Only one measure per Record of Votes
Revised; 12/09/24