STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2959

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3000

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 Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 3000, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to require and appropriate moneys for the Department of Accounting and General Services to maintain and distribute free menstrual products in certain restrooms in covered public buildings.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Accounting and General Services, Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities, Hawaii State Public Library System, Judiciary, Kauai High School, Waimanalo Elementary and Intermediate School, Kauai County Council, AF3IRM Hawaii, Alliance for Period Supplies, Aloha Lokahi Association - Hawaiian Culture Education, Big Island Substance Abuse Council, Breastfeeding Hawaii, DreamHouse Ewa Beach Public Charter School, Hawaii Health and Harm Reduction Center, Hawaii Medical Service Association, Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Hawaii Women's Coalition, Mai Movement Hawaii, Midwives Alliance of Hawaii, Period Law, PERIOD., Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates, Pride at Work Hawaii, Rainbow Family 808, Stonewall Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, Zen Den Midwifery, Zonta Club of Hilo, and numerous individuals.

Your Committee received written comments in opposition to this measure from numerous individuals.

Your Committee finds that providing free menstrual products in state buildings will help persons meet their basic health and hygiene needs.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Deleting the requisite information for making an appropriation in excess of the general fund expenditure ceiling pursuant to article VII, section 9, of the Hawaii State Constitution and sections 37-91 and 37-93, Hawaii Revised Statutes;

(2) Deleting the appropriation of $600,000 for the stocking of free menstrual products and installation of dispensers or other devices;

(3) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2024; and

(4) 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 Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3000, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3000, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair