STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3153

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3372

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. 3372, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to authorize, where it is determined that a solicitation or award of a contract is in violation of law, government contracts to be rescinded and awarded to the next lowest responsive, responsible bidder to whom the contract would have been awarded were it not for the violation of law.

Your Committee received comments on this measure from the State Procurement Office.

Your Committee finds that currently, if it is determined that a solicitation or award of a contract is in violation of the law, the contract may be modified or terminated. This measure adds a third option to rescind the award and present it to the next lowest responsive, responsible bidder.

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. 3372, 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