STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2321

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2622

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs and Higher Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 2622 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SELECTIVE SERVICE,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to require compliance with the Military Selective Service Act in order to enroll in a state-supported post-secondary educational institution, qualify for state financial assistance for post-secondary education, and be eligible for state or county employment or service, with certain exceptions.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the United States Selective Service System Hawaii and one individual. Your Committees received testimony in opposition to this measure from the University of Hawaii; ACLU of Hawai‘i; Libertarian Party of Hawaii; Hawaii Civil Rights Commission; Ho‘omanapono Political Action Committee; Ho‘omana Pono, LLC; and one individual. Your Committees received comments on this measure from the Department of the Attorney General.

Your Committees find that compliance with the Military Selective Service Act is essential for the continued existence of a military force for the protection and security of all citizens. However, many of those who are required to register for selective service do not. Given the importance of compliance with the Military Selective Service Act, it is necessary to put in place measures that ensure and increase compliance with the Act. To that end, the federal government prohibits non-compliant persons from receiving federal student financial assistance or from being employed in a government job. Accordingly, this measure adopts similar measures applicable to state financial assistance for post-secondary education, and eligibility for state or county employment or service.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs and Higher Education that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2622 and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Labor.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs and Higher Education,

________________________________ KAIALI'I KAHELE, Chair

________________________________ CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair