STAND. COM. REP. NO.  22-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 2194

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services & Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 2194 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE STATE COMMISSION ON FATHERHOOD,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to promote the role of fathers in the lives of their children by appropriating funds for the State Commission on Fatherhood to hire an executive director and staff, establish an office, and pay the travel expenses of neighbor island commissioners.

     Several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Human Services supported the intent of this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services & Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2194 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services & Housing,

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MAILE SHIMABUKURO, Chair