STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2946

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2172

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 Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2172, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to prohibit staff members from assuming the authority and duties of the chairperson of a board or commission.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.

Your Committee finds that boards and commissions have important responsibilities and duties. Therefore, this measure aims to ensure that only qualified individuals may temporarily take the place of the chair or co-chairs of a board or commission in their absence.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2172, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

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KARL RHOADS, Chair