STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1913

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: S.B. No. 296

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 296, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SUBMISSION DEADLINES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require:

(1) The Governor and state agencies to recommend a date by which statutorily required reports must be submitted to the Legislature and identify any reports that should not be subject to that uniform date and the reasons thereof; and

(2) The Governor to propose legislation to implement the proposed deadline and streamline existing reporting requirements by repealing or consolidating any duplicative, obsolete, or extraneous reports.

Your Committee did not receive any testimony on this measure.

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. 296, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, 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