STAND. COM. REP. NO.736
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: H.B. No. 161
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2001
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 161, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD CHECKS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to create a temporary working group to review policy issues concerning access and use of criminal history record information for employment and licensing purposes.
The Hawaii Civil Rights Commission testified in support of this bill. The Department of Human Services, Department of the Attorney General, Hawaii Association of Independent Schools, and the Hawaii State Personnel Council supported the intent of this bill. The Department of Human Resources Development (DHRD) commented on this bill.
Your Committee has amended this bill by:
(1) Streamlining the focus of the working group to issues dealing with the use of criminal history record information for employment and hiring practices;
(2) Streamlining the composition of the working group by eliminating the criminal justice agencies and those groups that are already represented by a State licensing function;
(3) Adding the Legislative Reference Bureau and DHRD to the working group; and
(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity 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. 161, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 161, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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