STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1041

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 1130

       H.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1130, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to authorize the Department of Public Safety to administer lie detector and psychological tests to determine the suitability of candidates for corrections employment.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Public Safety.

     Your Committee finds that the hiring of high-quality employees, particularly in corrections agencies, is vital to protecting the health, safety, and welfare of the public.  The administration of lie detector tests or psychological tests to prospective employees can be effective methods for ensuring the hiring of high-quality employees.  Therefore, it is important to allow corrections agencies to administer lie detector tests and psychological tests to determine the suitability of candidates for employment to serve the State and public.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1130, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committees on Judiciary and Labor and Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs,

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CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair