STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 372-22
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2022
RE: H.B. No. 1843
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 Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1843 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Judiciary, Volunteer Legal Services Hawai‘i, Legal Aid Society of Hawai‘i, Filipina Advocacy Network, Hawaii Justice Foundation, The Legal Clinic, Hawaii Access to Justice Commission, and six individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance.
Your Committee finds that legal services can be prohibitively expensive for low- and moderate-income persons. Your Committee further finds that there are several nonprofit and volunteer organizations in the State that provide quality legal services to these persons. This measure helps to ensure that legal services are available to persons who need them but lack the resources to pay for them.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Amending the purpose section to delete references to specific nonprofit and volunteer organizations; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1843, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1843, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs,
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____________________________ MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair |
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