STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2891

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 2290

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 2290, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHILDREN AND YOUTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to authorize public events celebrating Children and Youth Day and the Children and Youth Summit to be held on State Capitol grounds on the first Sunday in October, unless otherwise determined by the Governor.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Youth Services Network.

     Your Committee finds that public events relating to Children and Youth Day and Month attract more than thirty thousand participants each year.  Holding Children and Youth Day and Month events, such as Children and Youth Day and the Children and Youth Summit on State Capitol grounds, encourages, supports, and promotes educating and strengthening families, involving citizens in public policy development, promoting access to the legislative process, and informing legislators of the issues and challenges facing Hawaii's children and youth.

     Your Committee notes that this measure, as currently drafted, allows public events celebrating Children and Youth Day and the Children and Youth Summit to be held on the grounds of the State Capitol on the first Sunday of October.  However, public events celebrating the Children and Youth Summit may not necessarily be held on only the first Sunday of October, but throughout the month of October.

     Your Committee has therefore amended this measure by:

     (1)  Directing public events such as the Children and Youth Summit to be held on State Capitol grounds in the month of October under certain conditions;

     (2)  Giving the Children and Youth Day Planning Committee the discretion to determine, unless otherwise determined by the Governor, which public events celebrating Children and Youth Day and Month shall be held on State Capitol grounds; and

     (3)  Changing the effective date to upon approval.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2290, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2290, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

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

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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair