STAND. COM. REP. NO.  173-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2647

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 2647 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to assist homeless individuals in finding jobs by:

 

     (1)  Requiring the City and County of Honolulu to establish a pilot program that connects homeless individuals willing to work with job opportunities; and

 

     (2)  Appropriating funds to the City and County of Honolulu to establish the pilot program.  

 

     Two concerned individuals supported this measure.  The Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness provided comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

 

     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. 2647, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2647, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Labor & Public Employment.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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DEE MORIKAWA, Chair