STAND. COM. REP. NO. 993-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 2082

H.D. 2

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. 2082, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require and appropriate funds for the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to:

(1) Promote the acquisition of appropriate patents and copyrights for "Hawaii Made" products; and

(2) Conduct a study and prepare a plan for the promotion and enforcement of either a "Hawaii Made" or "Made in Hawaii" program and evaluate which name to use.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawai‘i Farm Bureau. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Hawaii Floriculture and Nursery Association. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Agriculture; Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Department of Budget and Finance; Hawaii Cattlemen's Council, Inc.; and Tropical Flowers Express.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the appropriation to an unspecified amount; 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 Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2082, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2082, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair