Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2003

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 641, H.D. 2, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to resolve disparate practices, inconsistencies, and duplicative language relating to the conduct of criminal history record checks for employment, certification, and licensing of individuals. This bill implements the recommendations of the Criminal History Record Check Working Group that was established by Act 263, Session Laws of Hawaii 2001.

Testimony in support of this measure was received from: the Judiciary; Department of the Attorney General; Department of Education; Department of Human Services; Department of Human Resources Development; Hawaii Civil Rights Commission; the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii; Kokua Council; Society for Human Resource Management - Hawaii Chapter; Hawaii Association of Independent Schools; and the City and County of Honolulu Department of Human Resources. The Community Associations Institute, Hawaii Chapter, expressed concerns, and the Hawaii Government Employees Association opposed this measure.

Technical, nonsubstantive amendments were made for purposes of style, clarity, and consistency.

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. 641, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 641, H.D. 3.