STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1799-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: S.B. No. 2286

S.D. 2

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 S.B. No. 2286, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INTERNSHIPS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Authorize the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to enter into contracts with eligible employers or registered apprenticeship programs in the private sector to provide on-the-job training to eligible interns;

(2) Require the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to collaborate with the Department of Human Resources Development for certain portions of the on-the-job-training work experience program;

(3) Specify that the State shall be the responsible employer for purposes of workers' compensation coverage for students or recent graduates in the on-the-job-training work experience program, subject to certain limitations; and

(4) Appropriate funds for the on-the-job-training work experience program.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Education; University of Hawaiʻi System; Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority; Kohala Coast Resort Association; Hawaii Primary Care Association; Hawaiʻi Lodging & Tourism Association; Hawaiʻi Farm Bureau; HawaiiKidsCAN; Chamber of Commerce Hawaii; Kapolei Chamber of Commerce; Maui Chamber of Commerce; and Hawaii Food Industry Association.

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 S.B. No. 2286, S.D. 2, 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