STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2057-26

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2026

RE: S.B. No. 3069

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

Honorable Nadine K. Nakamura

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2026

State of Hawaii

Madame:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 3069, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CIVIL SERVICE EXEMPT POSITIONS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to temporarily exempt from civil service and collective bargaining laws all positions filled by the Department of Accounting and General Services' Public Works Division's Special Project Branch and temporarily exempt from civil service laws all positions within the Comptroller's office hired to support communications, change management, and business process improvement programs as part of the State's information technology modernization efforts.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Accounting and General Services; Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Stadium Authority; and Hawaiʻi Community Development Authority. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO.

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. 3069, S.D. 1, 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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CHRIS TODD, Chair