STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2001-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 2670

S.D. 2

H.D. 2

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 S.B. No. 2670, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII STATE LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, QUEER, PLUS COMMISSION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Establish and fund a Hawaii State Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Plus Commission to provide for a statewide program on the status of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, plus individuals in the State; and

(2) Require and fund each county mayor to appoint a county committee on the status of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, plus individuals.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawai‘i Civil Rights Commission, Stonewall Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i, Pride at Work Hawai‘i, Rainbow Family 808, North Shore Ko‘olau Diversity Collective, Hawai‘i State AFL-CIO, Common Cause Hawaii, Hawaii Rainbow Chamber of Commerce, Hawai‘i Health & Harm Reduction Center, The Lavender Clinic, Americans For Democratic Action Hawai‘i, IATSE Local 665, and twelve individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Human Services and Department of Budget and Finance.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Removing the Executive Director position of the Commission;

(2) Removing the requirement that each county mayor appoint a county committee on the status of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, plus affairs; and

(3) Removing the appropriations; and

(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

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 S.B. No. 2670, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2670, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair