CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 132-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 3092

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

C.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 3092, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES IN SCHOOLS,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to allow for greater implementation of commercial enterprises in schools by classifying student interns engaged in a commercial enterprise as employees of the State for purposes of the State Tort Liability Act and allowing the Department of Education to use revenue generated from school commercial enterprises.

Your Committee on Conference finds that there are liability concerns for businesses that employ student interns through the Department of Education's commercial enterprise program. Accordingly, this measure encourages participation of businesses in the commercial enterprise program and promotes workforce readiness by designating student interns of the commercial enterprise program as State employees.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Inserting an effective date of July 1, 2022; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3092, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3092, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ JUSTIN H. WOODSON Co-Chair	____________________________ MICHELLE N. KIDANI Chair
____________________________ STACELYNN K. M. ELI Co-Chair	____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI Co-Chair
	____________________________ DRU KANUHA Co-Chair