STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1025-26

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2026

RE: H.B. No. 2118

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. 2118, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Transfer the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts and the King Kamehameha Celebration Commission from the Department of Accounting and General Services to the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism;

(2) Transfer certain authority and responsibilities held by the Comptroller regarding the Works of Art Special Fund to the Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; and

(3) Appropriate funds for positions within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Accounting and General Services; State Foundation on Culture and the Arts; and two individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

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. 2118, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2118, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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CHRIS TODD, Chair