STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1822-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 2885

S.D. 1

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. 2885, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ADVANCING CIVIC ENGAGEMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for one full-time equivalent position in the Legislative Reference Bureau's Public Access Room to provide educational outreach and engagement with all schools in the State.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Commission to Promote and Advance Civic Education, Common Cause Hawaii, Hawaii Youth Services Network, League of Women Voters of Hawaii, and two individuals. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Legislative Reference Bureau and Department of Budget and Finance.

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. 2885, S.D. 1, 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