STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1055

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 752

S.D. 1

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. 752, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TELECOMMUNICATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to require the Comptroller to identify state office buildings that can provide equitable telecommunication access to allow certain residents, including residents having disabilities, to participate remotely in legislative hearings.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the State Council on Developmental Disabilities.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Office of Information Practices, Hawaii State Public Library System, Department of Accounting and General Services, and Disability and Communication Access Board.

Your Committee finds that the telecommunication access supported by this measure will help make the legislative process more accessible to the State's residents, including residents having intellectual or developmental disabilities and residents who live on neighbor islands.

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. 752, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair