STAND. COM. REP. NO. 752-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 1749

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1749, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOUSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Establish the Supportive Housing Task Force to improve data collection on supportive housing needs in the State; and

(2) Appropriate funds for the task force, including one full-time equivalent planner or specialist position.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the State Council on Developmental Disabilities, Hawai‘i Health & Harm Reduction Center, Catholic Charities Hawai‘i, Partners in Care, Hawaii Community Foundation, and three individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness, Department of Human Services, Department of Budget and Finance, Office of Information Practices, Common Cause Hawaii, and one individual.

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. 1749, 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