STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3931

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                

 

RE:    H.B. No. 2338

       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. 2338, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE DRUG AND ALCOHOL TOXICOLOGY TESTING LABORATORY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to provide moneys for the Department of Health to establish the State Drug and Alcohol Toxicology Testing Laboratory.

 

     More specifically, the measure:

 

     (1)  Appropriates moneys from the state highway fund to the state drug and alcohol toxicology testing laboratory special fund; and

 

     (2)  Authorizes the Department of Health to expend moneys from the state drug and alcohol toxicology testing laboratory special fund to establish the State Drug and Alcohol Toxicology Testing Laboratory.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Health and Department of Transportation.

 

     Your Committee finds that the establishment of a drug and alcohol toxicology laboratory will allow the Department of Health to test criminal evidence within the State, rather than outsourcing the testing, and will help provide the resources that law enforcement officers and prosecutors need to protect the State's residents and visitors from criminals and impaired drivers.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure.

 

     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. 2338, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2338, 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