STAND. COM. REP. NO. 202-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 2118

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 Corrections, Military, & Veterans, to which was referred H.B. No. 2118 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CYBERSECURITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Codify the existing Hawaii State Cybersecurity Program, administered by the Office of Homeland Security in partnership with specified entities, to oversee cybersecurity and cyber resiliency matters;

(2) Define the scope and objectives of the cybersecurity program to meet present and anticipated cybersecurity threats; and

(3) Eliminate the Cybersecurity, Economic, Education, and Infrastructure Security Coordinator position.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Defense and State Office of Homeland Security.

Your Committee finds that this measure will establish a strategic, programmatic approach for statewide cybersecurity and move away from reliance on a single coordinator to meet cybersecurity needs.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion; 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 Corrections, Military, & Veterans that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2118, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2118, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Higher Education & Technology.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Corrections, Military, & Veterans,

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TAKASHI OHNO, Chair