STAND. COM. REP. NO. 379-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 2270

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. 2270 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to address Hawaii's homeless crisis by requiring the Department of Human Services to establish safe zones where homeless individuals may reside and appropriates funds for the establishment of these safe zones.

The Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii testified in support of this measure. The Hawaii Association for Justice testified in support of the intent of this measure. The Department of Human Services, Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness, and Department of Land and Natural Resources testified in opposition to this measure.

Your Committees have amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the name of the zones established from "safe zones" to "ohana zones" and defining an ohana zone;

(2) Changing its effective date to July 1, 3000, to facilitate further discussion; and

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

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. 2270, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2270, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

____________________________ TOM BROWER, Chair

____________________________ JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair