STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3193

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3187

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Judiciary and Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 3187, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII BOARD OF REGENTS CANDIDATE ADVISORY COUNCIL,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

(1) Eliminate the University of Hawaii Board of Regents Candidate Advisory Council; and

(2) Authorize the Governor to directly appoint members of the University of Hawaii Board of Regents.

Your Committees received testimony in opposition to this measure from the University of Hawaii Professional Assembly and two individuals.

Your Committees find that, while the University of Hawaii Board of Regents Advisory Council has served an important purpose as a source of oversight and accountability, it has also impeded the process of selecting new members for the Board of Regents. This measure allows the Governor to appoint members of the University of Hawaii Board of Regents directly, to promote greater expediency and efficiency in the replacement of the Board's members.

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

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Judiciary and Ways and Means that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3187, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3187, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Judiciary and Ways and Means,

________________________________ DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair

________________________________ KARL RHOADS, Chair