STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2443

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2207

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 Human Services, to which was referred S.B. No. 2207 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON HOMELESSNESS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to add a representative of a LGBTQ+ focused organization to be included as a member on the Hawaii Interagency Council on Homelessness.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness, Department of Health, Hawai‘i Health & Harm Reduction Center, Stonewall Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, Hawaii Rainbow Chamber of Commerce, North Shore Ko‘olau Diversity Collective, and nine individuals.

Your Committee finds that a designated representative from a LGBTQ+ focused organization on the Hawaii Interagency Council on Homelessness would help develop programs that would better meet the unique needs of sexual and gender minorities experiencing homelessness.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2207, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2207, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committees on Judiciary and Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services,

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JOY A. SAN BUENAVENTURA, Chair