STAND. COM. REP. NO. 954-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 1638

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1638, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COUNTY LABOR STANDARDS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to give the counties the authority to:

(1) Require employers to disclose information regarding their employees' wages, benefits, hours, and employment status, except for employees primarily engaged in harbor-related operations; and

(2) Deny, revoke, or suspend a building permit application for violating laws relating to wages, benefits, hours, and employment status.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations; City and County of Honolulu Office of the Mayor; two members of the Maui County Council; one member of the Kauaʻi County Council; two members of the Honolulu City Council; Pacific Resource Partnership; Hawaii Regional Council of Carpenters; and Operating Engineers Local Union No. 3. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the General Contractors Association of Hawaii.

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 H.B. No. 1638, H.D. 1, 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