STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1487

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   S.B. No. 1106

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 1106, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS FROM CHILD CARE LICENSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to allow child care programs licensed or certified by the United States Department of Defense or licensed by the Hawaii Council of Private Schools to be exempt from child care licensing by the Department of Human Services; provided that for child care programs licensed by the Hawaii Council of Private Schools, the child care licensing standards of the Hawaii Council of Private Schools meet or exceed the licensing standards of the Department of Human Services.

The Department of Human Services, Executive Office on Early Learning, and Hawaii Association of Independent Schools supported this measure.  The Hawaii Association for the Education of Young Children opposed this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2013; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1106, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1106, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

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

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KARL RHOADS, Chair