STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2838

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3179

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Higher Education and Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 3179 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SECURITY PERSONNEL,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to exempt the Department of Education and University of Hawaii security personnel from duplicative registration requirements addressed by civil service standards.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Education and University of Hawaii. Your Committees received comments on this measure from the Department of Human Resources Development, Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Hawaii Board of Private Detectives and Guards, and Hawaii Government Employees Association.

Your Committees find that the safety and well-being of all public school and University of Hawaii students and employees is of paramount importance. Both institutions already have their own requirements and internal processes to selectively employ their own high caliber security personnel. Exempting the Department of Education and University of Hawaii from the requirements of chapter 465-10.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, will give these educational institutions greater flexibility in the hiring of qualified candidates in an efficient and timely manner.

Your Committees further find that, as a part of this enhanced hiring flexibility, the Department of Education and University of Hawaii should have the authorization to hire security personnel applicants who do not possess a guard card at the time of employment. After gaining professional experience for a year at these institutions, these employees shall acquire a guard card as a credential to help them seek employment as security personnel in other job settings.

Your Committees have amended this measure by authorizing the Department of Education or University of Hawaii to hire applicants without a guard card.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Higher Education and Education that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3179, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3179, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Higher Education and Education,

________________________________ MICHELLE N. KIDANI, Chair

________________________________ DONNA MERCADO KIM, Chair