STAND. COM. REP. NO. 148

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 714

       S.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 Judiciary and Labor, to which was referred S.B. No. 714 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO JOB TRAINING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to establish a supervisory and professional job shadowing pilot project under the Department of Human Resources Development.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Government Employees Association, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Local 152, AFL-CIO.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Human Services and Department of Human Resources Development.

     Your Committee finds that there is a rising number of eligible retirees within the various departments of state government, which creates a pressing need to prepare the next generation of workers to occupy positions vacated by retirees, especially at the supervisory level.  Your Committee finds that a supervisory and professional job shadowing pilot project for leadership and supervisory training will help to stabilize the workforce and ensure the transfer of essential skills and institutional knowledge.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Inserting an effective date of January 7, 2059, to encourage further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 714, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 714, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

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

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GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN, Chair