STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1247

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2021

RE: H.R. No. 143

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.R. No. 143 entitled:

"HOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT SERVICES FOR IMMIGRANTS AND INCREASE IMMIGRANT OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE CIVIC AND ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to create a working group within the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to study and make recommendations to improve immigrant access to government resources.

Your committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of Community Services, Medical Legal Partnership for Children in Hawaii, Hawaii Friends of Civil Rights, Ethnic Education Hawaii, Hawaii Coalition for Immigrant Rights, and four individuals.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 143 and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs,

____________________________

MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair