STAND. COM. REP. NO. 713-22

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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2118, H.D. 1, 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 state Department of Defense and Hawaii Office of Homeland Security.

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. 2118, 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