STAND. COM. REP. NO. 999

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: H.B. No. 1343

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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1343, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FAMILY LEAVE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to extend Hawaii's family leave law to include care for grandchildren.

The Department of Human Services; Hawai‘i State Commission on the Status of Women; O‘ahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i; Hawaii Children's Action Network; American Association of University Women of Hawaii; International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 142; United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 646, AFL-CIO; Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO; Oahu County Democrats; and a few concerned individuals testified in support of this measure. The Maui Chamber of Commerce and Retail Merchants of Hawaii testified in opposition to this measure. The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations provided comments on this measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1343, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair