Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 2229, H.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to protect the integrity of employment records held by the central personnel agency or central payroll agency of the State or County. This is accomplished by:

(1) Defining "employment record";

Testimony in support of the bill was received from the Department of Human Resources Development and City and County of Honolulu's Department of Human Resources. Testimony in opposition was received from the United Public Workers and Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME, Local 152, the sole collective bargaining representative of employees in bargaining units 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, and 13.

Your Committee heard testimony that the bill was an attempt by management to take back, by legislation, what labor unions had negotiated for in collective bargaining.

Your Committee delayed the effective date of the bill until July 1, 2099, to reflect that the Committee needs additional time to further research the relationship between this bill and prior collective bargaining agreements.

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2229, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2229, H.D. 2.