STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3858

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 1885

H.D. 1

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, 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 and intent of this measure is to establish within the Office of Enterprise Technology Services a chief data officer and data task force to develop, implement, and manage statewide data policies, procedures, and standards.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Office of Enterprise Technology Services; Office of Information Practices; State Council on Developmental Disabilities; Office of Hawaiian Affairs; Civil Beat Law Center for the Public Interest; Ulupono Initiative; Hawaii Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists; Transform Hawaii Government; Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Hawaii COVID-19 Response, Recovery, and Resilience Team; and one individual.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance.

Your Committee finds that this measure will help promote government transparency by making the data held by state agencies more accessible to other agencies and the general public.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Deleting the appropriation section and the associated effective date;

(2) Clarifying that representatives from nonprofit organization stakeholders and for-profit business stakeholders should be invited to serve on the data task force; and

(3) Making technical nonsubstantive changes for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1885, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1885, H.D. 1, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair