STAND. COM. REP. NO. 146-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 2038

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Health & Human Services and Housing, to which was referred H.B. No. 2038 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOUSING,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to ease the efforts of nonprofit organizations in providing shelter to homeless persons by exempting temporary homeless shelters established by nonprofit organizations on their own property from county regulations that prohibit or substantially burden the provision of shelter and limiting county liability.

The League of Women Voters of Hawaii, Kupuna Caucus of the Democratic party of Hawaii, and Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii supported this measure. The City and County of Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting opposed this measure. The Hawaii Association for Justice provided comments.

Your Committees note the concerns raised regarding the discrepancy of available shelter and services for homeless persons on the Neighbor Islands compared to Oahu.

Your Committees have amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health & Human Services and Housing that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2038, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2038, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Water & Land.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Health & Human Services and Housing,

____________________________ TOM BROWER, Chair

____________________________ JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair