STAND. COM. REP. NO.  273

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2023

 

RE:   H.B. No. 257

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Labor & Government Operations, to which was referred H.B. No. 257 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to the Department of Human Resources Development for the:

 

     (1)  Establishment of six new employee positions to expand the ability of the training branch of the Employee Relations Division to offer professional development programs for state employees; and

 

     (2)  Purchase of licenses to enable the Learning Management System to become the single system of record for the State.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Human Resources Development.

 

     Your Committee finds that the appropriations in this measure represent an investment in the professional development of the state workforce.  The Learning Management System affords employees the opportunity to access on-demand learning platforms to enhance workplace skills.  Making the platform uniformly available will increase the efficiency and reach of training opportunities.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the effective date to June 30, 3000, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (2)  Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 257, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 257, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Government Operations,

 

 

 

 

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SCOT Z. MATAYOSHI, Chair