STAND. COM. REP. NO.  897

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 453

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 453 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE STATE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure equality for women and girls in the state by appropriating additional funds to the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women (Commission) for programming, travel, and office expenses for various events organized by the Commission.

     The Commission, Kokua Council, the Oahu Chapter of Voices, The Formerly Battered Women's Caucus, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill. 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1)  Changing the appropriation amount from $53,700 to an unspecified sum;

(2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

(3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for 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. 453, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 453, H.D. 1.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair