STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1972-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 2479

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. 2479, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require each public housing project, dwelling unit, or state low-income housing project that is built, renovated, or reconstructed after January 1, 2023, to include all broadband infrastructure that is necessary for tenants to have access to broadband service.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Hawaii Public Housing Authority; Hawaii State Council on Developmental Disabilities; Common Cause Hawaii; AARP Hawai‘i; Hawaiian Telcom; Tangent Inc.; Succeed Hawaii, LLC; HawaiiKidsCAN; and three individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the League of Women Voters of Hawaii.

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. 2479, 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