STAND. COM. REP. NO. 725-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 1885

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. 1885, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO GOVERNMENT DATA,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Establish and appropriate funds for a Chief Data Officer within the Office of Enterprise Technology Services to develop, implement, and manage statewide data policies, procedures, and standards and facilitate data sharing across state agencies; and

(2) Establish a Data Task Force within the Office of Enterprise Technology Services to assist in the development of the statewide data policies, procedures, and standards.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of Information Practices, The Civil Beat Law Center for the Public Interest, Ulupono Initiative, Transform Hawai‘i Government, and one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance and Office of Enterprise Technology Services.

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. 1885, 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