STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2843

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2587

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 Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2587 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE YOUTH COMMISSION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to require the Youth Commission to appoint an Executive Director.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Youth Services Network. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Human Services and Office of Youth Services.

Your Committee finds that Act 106, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018, established a Youth Commission to advise the Governor and Legislature on the effects of legislative policies, needs, assessments, priorities, programs, and budgets concerning the youth of the State. There are many commissions that appoint their own executive director. Allowing the Youth Commission to appoint an executive director will provide the Youth Commission with the autonomy to select an individual that they believe will best represent them.

Your Committee has amended this measure by inserting an effective date of July 30, 2075, to encourage further discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2587, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2587, S.D. 1.

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

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KARL RHOADS, Chair