On 2/5/2013, at 9:30 A.M., the Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee passed the Department of the Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney’s SB873 with a Senate Draft 1 that: Amends the definition of “debt” in section 231-52, HRS, to include court-ordered restitution subject to civil enforcement; Removes court’s authority to revoke restitution once ordered; Creates standards and procedures for income-withholding, for purposes of enforcing restitution orders; Extends victims’ access to adult probation records, to include access to payment compliance records, for purposes of enforcing restitution orders; and Requires that any bail posted by a defendant be applied toward payment of any court-ordered restitution in the same case.
At 1:30 P.M., Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Tricia Nakamatsu and I had a meeting with Department of Health Adult Mental Health Division and a Deputy Attorney General regarding our victim notification bill.
At 6:00 P.M., I had dinner with my dad at Au’s Garden in Kalihi, Honolulu, Hawaii.
JON RIKI KARAMATSU 