STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2682

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2913

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2913 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROCUREMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to require increased procurement training for procurement officers employed by any department.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the State Procurement Office.

Your Committee finds that employees in the State's procurement and contracting workforce need proper training and education in the state procurement code and procurement procedures. Your Committee therefore believes that all departmental employees authorized to procure or contract should undergo mandatory procurement training to ensure their proficiency at making purchases on behalf of a public agency.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the appropriation to update training modules and implement procurement training from $100,000 to an unspecified amount;

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

(3) Making technical nonsubstantive changes for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2913, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2913, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair