STAND. COM. REP. NO. 962-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 1925

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. 1925, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII STATE PLANNING ACT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish and appropriate funds for the Hawaii State Planning Act Phase II Task Force within the Office of Planning and Sustainable Development.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Research and Development of the County of Hawaiʻi; Housing Hawaiʻi's Future; Hawaiʻi Farm Bureau; Holomua Collaborative; aio; Hawaiʻi Gas; HPM Building Supply; Mana Up; Title Guaranty of Hawaiʻi; and one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Agriculture and Office of Planning and Sustainable Development.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) positions to support the Hawaii State Planning Act Phase II Task Force to an unspecified number.

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. 1925, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1925, H.D. 2.

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

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair