STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2107

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: S.B. No. 1527

S.D. 2

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 S.B. No. 1527, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Change the governmental entity responsible for the administration of the Address Confidentiality Program from the Office of the Lieutenant Governor to the Department of Law Enforcement;

(2) Authorize the Department of Law Enforcement to contract the services of a third party for the mail forwarding and acceptance of service of legal process aspects of the Address Confidentiality Program; and

(3) Appropriate funds for the Address Confidentiality Program.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of the Lieutenant Governor and Hawai‘i State Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Law Enforcement.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

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

(2) 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. 1527, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1527, S.D. 2, H.D. 1.

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

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair