STAND. COM. REP. NO.  406

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 1116

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 1116 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO RETALIATION IN STATE AND STATE-FUNDED SERVICES DISCRIMINATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to prohibit retaliation against individuals who assert a disabled person's rights relating to access to participation in or benefits from programs and activities of state agencies or programs that receive state funding.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the State Council on Developmental Disabilities, Hawaii Civil Rights Commission, and two individuals.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1116, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1116, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Public Employment,

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AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair