Automatic Information and Notification System Bill Becomes Law

We supported House Bill 2226, House Draft 2, Senate Draft 2, Conference Draft 1 on behalf of the Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu, which requires the Department of Public Safety to establish an automatic information and notification system via the victim’s or concerned member of the community’s choice of telephone, text message, or electronic mail transmission on the status of the offender who is in the custody of the department. They may also get status reports on the offender. Moreover, victims or concerned members of the community will be provided a calling system with the option to receive live operator assistance with the system on a twenty-four-hours per day, three-hundred-sixty-five-days per year basis. An automated victim information and notification system governance committee and special fund will also be created. House Bill 2226 House Draft 2, Senate Draft 2, Conference Draft 1 was signed into law by Governor Neil Abercrombie as Act 190 on 6/28/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1293).