STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1449

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: S.B. No. 1001

S.D. 2

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 Economic Development & Business, to which was referred S.B. No. 1001, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO GOVERNMENT DATA,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish within the Office of Enterprise Technology Services a Chief Data Officer position and a Data Set Task Force to develop, implement, and manage statewide data policies, procedures, and standards.

The Office of Enterprise Technology, Department of Education, Office of Information Practices, Civil Beat Law Center for the Public Interest, Transform Hawai‘i Government, Ulupono Initiative, Elemental Excelerator, and All Hawaii News testified in support of this measure. The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations provided comments.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2112, to encourage further discussion.

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. 1001, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1001, 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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ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair