CONFERENCE
COMMITTEE REP. NO. 187-22
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2022
RE: S.B. No. 2370
S.D. 2
H.D. 1
C.D. 1
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Thirty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2022
State of Hawaii
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2022
State of Hawaii
Sirs:
Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 2370, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS,"
having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.
The purpose of this measure is to:
(1) Establish the Office on Homelessness and Housing Solutions to be administratively attached to the Department of Human Services, and headed by the Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness; and
(2) Appropriate funds for the administration of the Office on Homelessness and Housing Solutions, including funding for full-time equivalent positions.
Your Committee on Conference finds that homelessness is a long-term problem that requires a long-term commitment to resolve. Your Committee on Conference finds, however, that the positions of the Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness and his staff are currently funded as part of a special project under the Department of Human Services that lapse every two years unless renewed. This measure commits the State to resolving its growing homelessness problem by establishing a permanent Office on Homelessness and Housing Solutions to be headed by the Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness; and by converting the temporary status of the Coordinator and his staff's positions into permanent ones before they lapse.
Accordingly, your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:
(1) Deleting the provision requiring each state
agency that administers public lands to provide the Governor's
Coordinator on Homelessness with an inventory identifying any
available vacant public lands under the jurisdiction of that agency;
(2) Deleting from the content of the Governor's
Coordinator on Homelessness's annual report, the inventory
of available vacant public lands provided by each state agency that administers
public lands;
(3) Inserting
an appropriation amount of $50,000;
(5) Amending section 1 to reflect its amended
purpose;
(6) Making
it effective upon approval; provided that section 5 shall take effect on July
1, 2022; and
(7) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments
for the purposes of clarity and consistency.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2370, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2370, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
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ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE |
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ON THE PART OF THE SENATE |
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____________________________ NADINE K. NAKAMURA Co-Chair |
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____________________________ JOY A. SAN BUENAVENTURA Chair |
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____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE Co-Chair |
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____________________________ SHARON MORIWAKI Co-Chair |
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____________________________ GREGGOR ILAGAN Co-Chair |
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____________________________ DRU KANUHA Co-Chair |
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