STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1112

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 869

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Judiciary and Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 869, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE YOUTH COMMISSION,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to clarify that a majority of the members appointed to the Youth Commission shall constitute a quorum to do business.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Human Services, Office of Youth Services, Hawai‘i State Youth Commission, and four individuals.

Your Committees find that under existing law, eight members of the Youth Commission are required to conduct official business. This requirement has hindered the Youth Commission's ability to fulfill its purpose and mission in recent years, as staggered terms and reduced membership have prevented the Commission from reaching quorum. To help facilitate the work of the Commission, this measure ensures the number of Commissioners required to constitute quorum reflects the majority of appointed, rather than statutorily provided for, Commissioners.

Your Committees have amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Judiciary and Ways and Means that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 869, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 869, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Judiciary and Ways and Means,

________________________________ DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair

________________________________ KARL RHOADS, Chair