STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 279-24
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2024
RE: H.B. No. 2401
H.D. 1
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2024
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Labor & Government Operations and Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 2401 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION,"
beg leave to report as follows:
Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Education.
Your Committees find that the Department of
Education provides opportunities for structured work-based learning
opportunities for high school students.
However, once students graduate from high school, they are no longer
considered a student, and thus, are not covered for workers' compensation while
they are participating in a worked-based learning opportunity during the summer
following graduation. This measure
ensures that newly graduated former students are eligible for workers'
compensation coverage during the summer following their high school graduation
while participating in worked-based learning programs sponsored by the
Department of Education.
Your Committees have 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 records of votes of the members of your Committees on Labor & Government Operations and Education that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2401, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2401, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Labor & Government Operations and Education,
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____________________________ JUSTIN H. WOODSON, Chair |
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____________________________ SCOT Z. MATAYOSHI, Chair |
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