STAND. COM. REP. NO. 743-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 1761

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. 1761, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO IDENTIFICATION CARDS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize the issuance of limited purpose identification cards for individuals who otherwise satisfy the requirements for a government-issued identification card except for the individual's inability or refusal to provide satisfactory proof of authorized presence in the United States under federal law.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of Community Services, The Legal Clinic, Hawai‘i Coalition for Immigrant Rights, Parents And Children Together, and four individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Transportation, Community Alliance on Prisons, and two individuals.

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. 1761, 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