STAND. COM. REP. NO. 794-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 1774

H.D. 2

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. 1774, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MISSING PERSONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require and appropriate funds for the Department of Law Enforcement to develop and implement a Silver Alert Program to help locate and safeguard missing persons who are sixty years of age or older, cognitively impaired, or developmentally disabled.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Executive Office on Aging; State Council on Developmental Disabilities; Office of the Prosecuting Attorney of the County of Hawaiʻi; Hawaii Disability Rights Center; Hawaiʻi Family Caregiver Coalition; United Public Workers, AFSCME Local 646, AFL-CIO; Hawaiʻi Primary Care Association; AARP Hawaiʻi; Hawaiʻi Public Health Association; Catholic Charities Hawaiʻi; Papa Ola Lokahi; Chamber of Commerce Hawaii; Epilepsy Foundation of Hawaii; Hawaiʻi Association for Behavior Analysis; Hawaiʻi Parkinson Association; Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs; Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO; UNITE HERE! Local 5; Hawaiʻi Public Health Institute; and numerous individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Human Services; Department of Law Enforcement; and Alzheimer's Association - 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. 1774, H.D. 2, 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