STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1338-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 3357

S.D. 2

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 Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 3357, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NATIVE HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require certain departments and agencies to provide grants to tax-exempt nonprofit organizations that have experience and expertise in providing assistance and support to Native Hawaiian communities.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority and Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Center for Hawaiian Sovereignty Studies. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Department of Budget and Finance; Department of Land and Natural Resources; Department of Agriculture; and Office of Community Services.

Your Committee finds that this measure supports Native Hawaiian communities and culture by tailoring assistance programs to benefit these communities, while capitalizing on organizations with at least several years of experience providing assistance and support to these communities.

Your Committee further finds that the companion to this measure, H.B. No. 2499, H.D. 1 (Regular Session of 2022), was previously passed by your Committee.

Your Committee has amended this measure by deleting its contents and inserting the contents of H.B. No. 2499, H.D. 1, which provides specific appropriation amounts and takes effect on July 1, 2022.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3357, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3357, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs,

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair