STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3156

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3223

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. 3223, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC WORKS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is, upon the finding of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, to impose penalties on both the person and firm for repeat violations of the state law governing the wages and hours of employees on public works projects.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawai‘i State AFL-CIO; United Public Workers, AFSCME Local 646, AFL-CIO; Hawai‘i Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO; Hawaii Operating Engineers Local 3; Hawai‘i Nurses Association - OPEIU Local 50; and Hawaii Ports Maritime Council. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations.

Your Committee finds that it is important to avoid repeat offenders who try to circumvent the law. This measure will protect Hawai‘i's workers from wage theft and help ensure that repeat offenders do not have the privilege of working on public works projects in the future.

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. 3223, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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KARL RHOADS, Chair