STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1361

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: S.B. No. 757

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 Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred S.B. No. 757, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require each state or county agency subject to the Hawaii Administrative Procedure Act to maintain a website that contains a list of the agency's open contested cases that are not confidential by law.

The Department of Land and Natural Resources, Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, and the Hawai‘i Civil Rights Commission submitted testimony in support of this measure. The Hawai‘i Labor Relations Board submitted comments.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing its effective date to January 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion; 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 Labor & Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 757, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 757, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Public Employment,

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AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair