STAND. COM. REP. NO. 613

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 1098

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection, to which was referred S.B. No. 1098 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to adopt certain provisions of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' Producer Licensing Model Act, Public Adjuster Licensing Model Act, Reinsurance Intermediary Model Act, and Independent Adjuster Licensing Model Guidelines to provide consistency and promote efficiency in processing insurance licensing fees, applications, certificates, registrations, and renewals.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.

Your Committee finds that existing state law does not list all of the licenses, registrations, and fees issued by the Insurance Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, which may create confusion. This measure makes necessary amendments to more accurately reflect the licenses, registrations, and fees issued by the Insurance Division, and will help facilitate the transition to electronic processing and conform certain penalties to model acts.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1098, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1098, S.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection,

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair