STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1469-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2610

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred S.B. No. 2610, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATE EMPLOYEES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to add the definition of "intern" to the State Ethics Code to clarify that interns are among state employees to whom the State Ethics Code applies.

The Hawaii State Ethics Commission and University of Hawaii supported the intent of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to January 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2610, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2610, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Public Employment,

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AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair