STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1071-26

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2026

RE: H.B. No. 2167

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. 2167, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO YOUTH HOMELESSNESS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require the Office of Youth Services to establish a five-year Youth Housing Stability Assistance Pilot Program to enter into contracts with nonprofit organizations or execute memoranda of agreement with government agencies to provide financial assistance to young adults experiencing housing instability following a qualifying life event.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of Youth Services; Hawaiʻi State Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer Plus Commission; HI H.O.P.E.S. Initiative at EPIC ʻOhana; Pride at Work - Hawaiʻi; Hawaii Youth Services Network; Hawaiʻi Children's Action Network Speaks!; HOKU PAC; Catholic Charities Hawaiʻi; and eight individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the State Procurement Office.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion; and

(2) 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. 2167, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2167, H.D. 2.

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

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CHRIS TODD, Chair