STAND. COM. REP. NO. 551

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 933

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 933 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY STEERING COMMITTEE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

(1) Establish four-year terms for the members of the Information Technology Steering Committee (ITSC) without regard to the holdover limitations in section 26-34, Hawaii Revised Statutes;

(2) Redefine the member composition of ITSC by allowing the Superintendent of Education and the President of the University of Hawaii to each appoint one member; and

(3) Require the Chief Information Officer to present the Office of Enterprise Technology Services annual report to ITSC prior to submitting it to the Legislature before the convening of each Regular Session.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Education, Office of Enterprise Technology Services, and Transform Hawai‘i Government. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of the Attorney General.

Your Committee finds that preserving the continuity of the ITSC is necessary to properly administer section 27-43, Hawaii Revised Statutes, relating to the development of the State's information technology standards and policies. Your Committee recognizes that this measure is meant to address the holdover members of the ITSC that the Senate has not confirmed through advice and consent. Your Committee notes that although there are no specific deadlines in section 3 of this measure, because of the amendments to this measure by your Committee, section 3 may not be necessary.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Removing language that would have exempted appointees of the ITSC from the holdover provision of section 26-34, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and instead subjecting the appointees to the advice and consent of the Senate;

(2) Clarifying that the Chief Information Officer shall serve as a member and as the chairperson of ITSC; and

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 933, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 933, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Government Operations,

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SHARON MORIWAKI, Chair