STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1574

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 Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 757, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, 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, Hawai‘i Civil Rights Commission, Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, and Hawai‘i Labor Relations Board testified in support of this measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 757, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

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CHRIS LEE, Chair