STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1672-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 2644

S.D. 2

H.D. 2

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. 2644, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Extend until June 30, 2028, the limited exemption from licensing requirements for qualified electricians that was originally enacted by Act 65, Session Laws of Hawaii 2013, and extended pursuant to Act 60, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018; and

(2) Make permanent the requirement for the Board of Electricians and Plumbers to submit reports to the Legislature relating to high voltage electrical work.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from HMS Construction, Inc; Hawaiian Electric Company; International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 1260; Rokstad Power Corporation; Land Use Research Foundation of Hawaii; and one individual. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Contractors License Board, Board of Electricians and Plumbers, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 1186, and one individual.

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. 2644, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, 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