STAND. COM. REP. NO. 429

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.B. No. 1192

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Legislative Management, to which was referred H.B. No. 1192 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ADVANCING CIVIC ENGAGEMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to encourage civic engagement by requiring the Public Access Room of the Legislative Reference Bureau to establish and maintain an outreach and engagement program for primary, secondary, post-secondary, and community education.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Commission to Promote and Advance Civic Education. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Your Committee finds that this measure would create a positive and focused engagement with students, educators, and citizens to promote learning about the Legislature, deeper understanding of and participation in the legislative process, and greater interaction with legislators.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Requiring the Department of Education and University of Hawaii to assign appropriate staff to coordinate with the Public Access Room with respect to the outreach and engagement program;

(2) Changing its effective date to June 30, 3000, to encourage further discussion; and

(3) 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 Legislative Management that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1192, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1192, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Legislative Management,

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NADINE K. NAKAMURA, Chair