STAND. COM. REP. NO.  737-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2018

RE:   H.B. No. 2696

      H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts, to which was referred H.B. No. 2696, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE MILITARY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to analyze cyber threats to critical infrastructure throughout the State (e.g., hospitals, utilities, airlines, retail, government, etc.) and provide a nexus to federal partners (e.g., Federal Bureau of Investigation) to warn private and public sector entities of incoming cyber threats or ongoing cyber infiltrations and investigate these threats so as to best advise these sectors on how to respond by appropriating funds for the establishment of one full-time equivalent, civil service exempt cybersecurity analyst position within the State Department of Defense.

The Department of Defense and Hawaii Fusion Center testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee notes that concerns were raised regarding the necessity for the civil service exemption for the cybersecurity analyst position.  Your Committee also notes that there were discussions as to whether this position would constitute duplication of services provided by the Department of Enterprise Technology Services.  As such, your Committee respectfully requests that the Committee on Finance consider these issues should it deliberate this measure further.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to March 19, 2100, to facilitate further discussion.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2696, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2696, H.D. 2, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts,

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MATTHEW S. LOPRESTI, Chair