STAND. COM. REP. NO. 765

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 699

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 699, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATE CAPITOL TOURS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to establish a state capitol tours program.

More specifically, this measure:

(1) Establishes within the Legislative Reference Bureau's Public Access Room a state capitol tours program;

(2) Requires the maintenance and regular updating of a virtual tour website; and

(3) Appropriates moneys to establish one full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) position to conduct and host capitol tours.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from one individual.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Legislative Reference Bureau and Office of the Lieutenant Governor.

Your Committee finds that providing state capitol tours is a meaningful public service that provides visitors to the Hawaii State Capitol with an appreciation for the State and the democratic process.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Clarifying that the Public Access Room coordinator is required to administer and facilitate the state capitol tours program;

(2) Clarifying that paper brochures and information about the virtual tour website shall be made available to the public in the Public Access Room; and

(3) Making technical nonsubstantive amendments 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. 699, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 699, 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