STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3945

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 956

H.D. 1

S.D. 2

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. 956, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATEWIDE INTEROPERABLE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to establish the Statewide Interoperable Communications Executive Committee, Technical Subcommittee, and a coordinator position.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Defense.

Your Committee finds that by establishing a statewide interoperable communications executive committee, technical subcommittee, and coordinator position, this measure will allow for the provision of a clear direction for future communications efforts by executive leadership, a framework for impacted parties to collaborate and make recommendations, and a more effective and efficient use of financial and technological resources throughout the State.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Requiring the Statewide Interoperable Communications Executive Committee to obtain the advice and input of the Statewide Interoperable Communications Technical Subcommittee prior to fulfilling the Executive Committee's other duties;

(2) Clarifying that the Statewide Interoperable Communications Executive Committee is required to submit an initial report to the Legislature twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2023, and each regular session thereafter;

(3) Clarifying that membership on the Statewide Interoperable Communications Technical Subcommittee shall be limited to certain entities;

(4) Clarifying certain duties of the Statewide Interoperable Communications Coordinator; and

(5) 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. 956, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 956, H.D. 1, S.D. 2.

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

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair