Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 449, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to extend the statute of limitations for whistleblower actions from 90 days to 180 days after the occurrence of an alleged violation.

The Hawaii State Teachers Association testified in support of this measure. The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii; the Society of Human Resource Management -- Hawaii Chapter; and the General Contractors Association of Hawaii testified in opposition to the measure. The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations; ILWU Local 142; HGEA-AFSCME, Local 152, AFL-CIO; the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women; Hawaii Nurses Association; the National Employment Lawyers Association; and a private citizen commented on the bill.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 449, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.