STAND. COM. REP. NO. 815-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 1745

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1745, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS TO SUPPORT HAWAII'S FOOD BANKS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to support Hawaii's food banks to meet the significantly heightened need for food assistance during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of Community Services; one member of the Maui County Council; Hawaii Food Bank; Hawai‘i Health & Harm Reduction Center; Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO; Ulupono Initiative; AlohaCare; Hawai‘i Farm Bureau; Hawai‘i Hunger Action Network; The Food Basket Inc., Hawai‘i Island's Food Bank; Kaiser Permanente; Hawaii Medical Service Association; United Public Workers, AFSCME Local 646, AFL-CIO; UnitedHealthcare; Lanakila Pacific; Hawaii Food Industry Association; Hawai‘i Foodbank Kaua‘i; Obesity Prevention Task Force of the Hawai‘i Public Health Institute; and three individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance and Hawai‘i Primary Care Association.

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. 1745, 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