STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1937-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 2214

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. 2214, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DIGITAL LITERACY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require and fund the Board of Education, through the State Librarian, to establish a digital literacy program to promote digital literacy through programmatic activities, including making digital technology accessible to individuals with disabilities.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Hawaii State Public Library System; Chamber of Commerce Hawaii; HawaiiKidsCAN; Hawai‘i Pacific Health; Broadband Hui; Maui Chamber of Commerce; and three individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2022; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

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. 2214, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2214, S.D. 2, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair