STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1448-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2902

S.D. 2

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 Economic Development & Business, to which was referred S.B. No. 2902, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to promote the diversification of Hawaii's economy, particularly in the innovation technology sector, by appropriating funds to the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation to provide grants to software application challenge participants for the development of proofs of concept into prototypes suitable for local and state government use.

The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Hawaii Technology Development Corporation, Office of Enterprise Technology Services of the City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii Open Data, Transform Hawai‘i Government, DevLeague Inc., and Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i testified in support of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Inserting language requiring the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism to conduct a comprehensive review of the 2016-2020 Hawaii Statewide Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy and develop regional economic plans to increase the development of the technology industry, including plans to attract, establish, or expand technology sector jobs, in both urban and rural areas of each county; and

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Economic Development & Business that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2902, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2902, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Economic Development & Business,

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CINDY EVANS, Chair