STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1116-26

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2026

RE: H.B. No. 1870

H.D. 2

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 H.B. No. 1870, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROTECTED COMMUNITY LOCATIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Establish statewide standards for state and county agencies, officers, employees, and contractors to limit participation in civil immigration enforcement in or near protected community locations;

(2) Require all state and county agencies that operate protected community locations to adopt and post written policies, provide annual staff training, and maintain data privacy protections by January 1, 2027; and

(3) Appropriate funds to the Department of the Attorney General to implement this measure, including by providing model policies, training materials, and a reporting portal.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of the Public Defender; Board of Education; Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women; one member of the Hawaiʻi County Council; University of Hawaii Professional Assembly; American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaiʻi; Healthcare Association of Hawaii; Democratic Party of Hawaiʻi Education Caucus; Hawaiʻi Coalition for Civil Rights; The Legal Clinic; American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Hawaiʻi Section; Hawaiʻi Alliance of Nonprofit Organizations; Hawaiʻi Coalition for Immigrant Rights; Indivisible Hawaiʻi Statewide Network; Mercardo de la Raza; Fujiwara & Rosenbaum, LLLC; Imua Alliance; Roots Reborn; El Pueblo en Acción Maui; Hawaiʻi Children's Action Network Speaks!; and numerous individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Education and University of Hawaiʻi System.

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 H.B. No. 1870, H.D. 2, 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