STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3744

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 2582

H.D. 1

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 2582, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE INFORMATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to exclude critical infrastructure information from disclosure requirements under the Uniform Information Practices Act.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii State Energy Office, Honolulu Board of Water Supply, and Hawaiian Electric.

Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Public First Law Center and thirty individuals.

Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Office of Information Practices.

Your Committee finds that critical infrastructure are assets, systems, and networks that provide necessary functions for residents of the State and comprise sixteen federally designated critical infrastructure sectors, including energy, emergency services, water, health care, and others, that are part of a complex, interconnected ecosystem. Your Committee further finds that it is imperative to establish protections for critical infrastructure information that is created, received, or maintained by government agencies, as any threat to critical infrastructure sectors could have potentially debilitating consequences to national security, the economy, and public health and safety. To safeguard the State's critical infrastructure sectors and ensure public health and safety, this measure exempts critical infrastructure information from public disclosure under the Uniform Information Practices Act.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Inserting an effective date of April 14, 2112, to encourage further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2582, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2582, H.D. 1, S.D. 2.

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

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KARL RHOADS, Chair