STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3147

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                   

 

RE:     H.B. No. 2354

        H.D. 1

        S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism, to which was referred H.B. No. 2354, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE SMALL BUSINESS REGULATORY REVIEW BOARD,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to clarify that the Small Business Regulatory Review Board has the authority to review legislation affecting small businesses in response to requests from small business owners.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Small Business Regulatory Review Board; Grassroot Institute of Hawaii; Chamber of Commerce Hawaii; and two individuals.

 

     Your Committee finds that the Small Business Regulatory Review Board (SBRRB) was established to represent the interests of the State's entrepreneurs in the executive branch.  Your Committee further finds that it is important that the SBRRB's purview is clearly understood by the small business community and state and county agencies.  This measure increases the impact and effectiveness of the SBRRB by expanding their scope of responsibilities to include legislative input.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Inserting an effective date of January 1, 2060, to encourage further discussion; and

 

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

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2354, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2354, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism,

 

 

 

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LYNN DECOITE, Chair