STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1788-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 1128

S.D. 2

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 S.B. No. 1128, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO OFFICE OF YOUTH SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Allow certain vocational programs within the Office of Youth Services to engage in the commercial provision of goods and services to promote self-sustainability in young adults;

(2) Require the Office of Youth Services to submit annual reports to the Legislature on the fiscal transactions and expenses of each service or program of the Office of Youth Services; and

(3) Require an audit of the Office of Youth Services if the annual fiscal transactions and expenses reports are not submitted in a timely manner.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs; Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility; Hale Kipa, Inc.; Opportunity Youth Action Hui; Community Alliance on Prisons; Hawaii Cattlemen's Council, Inc.; American Civil Liberties Union of Hawai‘i; and one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Human Services and Office of Youth Services.

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 S.B. No. 1128, S.D. 2, 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