STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1191

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 166

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 166 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds to meet the needs for response, relief, and recovery activities in the County of Hawaii in response to the 2018 Kilauea eruption.

Prior to decision making on this measure, your Committee made available for public review a proposed Senate Draft No. 1 (Proposed Draft) of this measure. The Proposed Draft amends the measure by replacing its entire contents with provisions that establish and appropriate an unspecified amount of funds for a state employee recruitment modernization program.

Your Committee received testimony in support of the original draft of this measure from the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, Department of Defense.

Your Committee received testimony in support of the Proposed Draft from the Office of the Governor, Department of Human Resources Development, Department of Human Services, Department of Transportation, Department of Accounting and General Services, Office of Enterprise Technology Services, Department of Agriculture, and one individual.

Your Committee received testimony in opposition to the Proposed Draft from the League of Women Voters of Hawaii and one individual.

Your Committee recognizes that many positions within state executive departments are understaffed. Accordingly, your Committee believes that the State should take steps to find solutions for addressing employee recruitment shortages.

Your Committee notes that the Department of Human Resources Development has requested eight full-time equivalent (8.0 FTE) positions for fiscal years 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 to implement the recruitment modernization program.

Your Committee has amended this measure by adopting the Proposed Draft and further amending the Proposed Draft by:

(1) Clarifying the scope and goals of the recruitment modernization program;

(2) Inserting a provision that requires the Department of Human Resources Development to submit to the Legislature, no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2020, a report of its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, on the recruitment modernization program;

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

(4) 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. 166, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 166, 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