STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 1168-24
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2024
RE: S.B. No. 2652
S.D. 1
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 Labor & Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 2652, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE BUDGET,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance.
Your Committee finds that there are
thousands of vacant positions within state government and that these vacancies
negatively impact the availability and quality of customer service provided to
the public. While the Director of Human
Resources Development is required to submit a report to the Legislature before
reclassifying and abolishing vacant positions within state departments and
agencies that are under the jurisdiction of the Department, more timely data on
the State's vacancies would further assist the Legislature in addressing the
high number of vacancies in state government.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2652, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2652, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Government Operations,
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____________________________ SCOT Z. MATAYOSHI, Chair |
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