STAND. COM. REP. NO.  908-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 2755

      H.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2755, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INCIDENT RESPONSE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to address threats of security breaches and cyber-attacks on the Executive Branch's information and communications networks by requiring the Chief Information Officer to develop and maintain an incident response plan for each Executive Branch department.

The State Adjutant General and Director of the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, and Chief Information Officer testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to facilitate further discussion; and

(2)  Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for clarity and style.

     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. 2755, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2755, H.D. 2.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair