STAND. COM. REP. NO.  502

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 1466

      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 Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 1466 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO A YOUTH ADVISORY COMMISSION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish a Youth Advisory Commission within the Office of Youth Services to advise the Governor and Legislature on the effects of legislative policies, needs, assessments, priorities, programs, and budgets relating to youth.

The Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Hawaii Youth Services Network, Community Alliance on Prisons, and several individuals testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2075, to facilitate further discussion on this measure.

     Your Committee notes that S.B. No. 1220, S.D. 1, Relating to a Youth Advisory Commission, is similar to this measure; however, it contains the Hawaii Youth Services Network's recommendations to include members on the Youth Advisory Commission with personal experience in the juvenile justice system or other services provided by the Office of Youth Services.

     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. 1466, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1466, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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DEE MORIKAWA, Chair