STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2148

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2374

S.D. 1

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 S.B. No. 2374 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate moneys for the Judiciary's supplemental budget for the 2023-2025 biennium.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Judiciary and the Hawaii State Bar Association.

Your Committee finds that the supplemental appropriations made by this measure will help the Judiciary fulfill its mandates and address a growing demand for judicial services.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive changes for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

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 S.B. No. 2374, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2374, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

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

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KARL RHOADS, Chair