STAND. COM. REP. NO. 777

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 284

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 284, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to facilitate the State's use of information technology.

Specifically, the measure:

(1) Requires the technology services consolidation working group to:

(A) Make certain upgrades relating to the Office of Enterprise Technology Services' data center; and

(B) Submit certain reports to the Legislature;

(2) Extends to June 30, 2028, the dissolution date of the working group; and

(3) Establishes requirements for procurement contracts for information technology-related projects.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Transform Hawaii Government, and one individual.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from Servpac.

Your Committee finds that the Office of Enterprise Technology Services' data center, created more than forty years ago, has received few, if any, upgrades. Your Committee believes that extensive upgrades to the data center, as proposed by this measure, will help ensure the continued and uninterrupted provision of state services.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Clarifying the scope of the information to be reported to the Legislature prior to the Regular Session of 2025;

(2) Clarifying that the technology services consolidation working group shall implement the use of cloud computing at the Office of Enterprise Technology Services' data center;

(3) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 284, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 284, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair