STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1254

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 1037

H.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Public Safety and Intergovernmental and Military Affairs and Government Operations, to which was referred H.B. No. 1037, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATEWIDE INTEROPERABLE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to update the statutes regarding the Statewide Interoperable Communications Executive Committee to reflect the migration of the Office of Homeland Security from the Department of Defense to the Department of Law Enforcement.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Defense, Department of Law Enforcement, and Office of Homeland Security. Your Committees received testimony in opposition to this measure from two individuals.

Your Committees find that Statewide Interoperable Communications functions are currently part of the Office of Homeland Security. Your Committees further find that the Office of Homeland Security is migrating from the Department of Defense to the Department of Law Enforcement. This measure will make necessary updates to statutory language to reflect the transfer of the Office of Homeland Security from the Department of Defense to the Department of Law Enforcement.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Public Safety and Intergovernmental and Military Affairs and Government Operations that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1037, H.D. 2, and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Public Safety and Intergovernmental and Military Affairs and Government Operations,

________________________________ ANGUS L.K. MCKELVEY, Chair

________________________________ GLENN WAKAI, Chair