STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1915

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: S.B. No. 438

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. 438 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL LICENSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to amend the time frame and criteria for deeming an application for licensure or examination abandoned under the Professional and Vocational Licensing Act.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Board of Nursing.

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. 438 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