STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1971-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 2370

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. 2370, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HOMELESSNESS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Establish the Office on Homelessness and Housing Solutions; and

(2) Appropriate funds for the administration of the Office on Homelessness and Housing Solutions, including full-time equivalent positions.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Judiciary, Office of the Public Defender, Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians, and two individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Department of Human Services, Department of Budget and Finance, and Partners in Care.

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. 2370, 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