STAND. COM. REP. NO. 938

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 722

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. 722, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to establish the occupational safety and health special fund and direct that certain fees and penalties be deposited into the special fund.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations.

Your Committee received written comments in opposition to this measure from the Subcontractors Association of Hawaii.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance.

Your Committee finds that establishing a designated source of funding for the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations' personnel and operating expenses, and staff development and training, will help the Department with its staff development and retention efforts.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the name of the occupational safety and health special fund to the workforce safety and health special fund; and

(2) 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. 722, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 722, 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