STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1230

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: H.B. No. 1355

H.D. 2

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. 1355, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for the operations of the State Commission on the Status of Women.

The Hawai‘i State Commission on the Status of Women, O‘ahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i, and a few individuals provided testimony in support of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the amount appropriated to an unspecified amount; 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 Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1355, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1355, H.D. 2.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair