STAND. COM. REP. NO. 897

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.B. No. 963

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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 963, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BROADBAND,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Appropriate general fund monies that are required to match federal monies for broadband programs; and

(2) Appropriate monies received by the State from the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, University of Hawai‘i System, Department of Budget and Finance, State Council on Developmental Disabilities, AARP Hawai‘i, Hawaii Primary Care Association, Hawaiian Telcom, Maui Chamber of Commerce, and one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism.

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. 963, 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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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair