STAND. COM. REP. NO. 834

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2021

RE: H.B. No. 723

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 723, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PANDEMIC RESPONSE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize the use of funds received from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act for the purchase and distribution of personal protective equipment and industrial hygiene projects to state departments and attached agencies.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the State Procurement Office, Department of Health, Department of Education, Department of Defense, and Hawaii Primary Care Association. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations Office of Community Services.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 723, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair