STAND. COM. REP. NO. 160

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: H.B. No. 483

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Legislative Management, to which was referred H.B. No. 483 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CIVIL RIGHTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to extend the deadline for the Legislative Reference Bureau (LRB) to complete the study on existing federal Title IX enforcement practices and procedures on the federal level and in other jurisdictions for the Legislature.

The Hawai‘i State Commission on the Status of Women, Planned Parenthood Votes Northwest and Hawaii, LGBT Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, American Association of University Women of Hawaii, Hawaii Women's Coalition, National Association of Social Workers – Hawai‘i, Midwives Alliance of Hawaii, and a few individuals testified in support of this measure. An individual opposed this measure. LRB and two individuals submitted comments on this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Removing the specific date on which LRB is to submit the report to the Legislature;

(2) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2022, to facilitate further discussion; and

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Legislative Management that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 483, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 483, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Legislative Management,

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TY J.K. CULLEN, Chair