STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1059

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 725

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. 725, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TELEWORKING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to require and appropriate moneys for the Department of Human Resources Development to submit an annual report to the Legislature on the telework policies of the executive branch.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Human Resources Development and Transform Hawaii Government.

Your Committee finds that the metrics and reports required by this measure will help the State assess the effectiveness of the Executive Branch Telework Program Guidelines.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Establishing requirements and appropriating an unspecified amount for a telework monitoring system to assess the productivity of telework employees; and

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

Your Committee estimates that a total appropriation of $20,000,000 may be needed to implement the provisions of this measure.

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. 725, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 725, 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