STAND. COM. REP. NO. 689

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.B. No. 1037

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1037, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO STATEWIDE INTEROPERABLE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to update the statutes regarding the Statewide Interoperable Communications Executive Committee to reflect the migration of the Office of Homeland Security from the Department of Defense to the Department of Law Enforcement.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Defense, Department of Law Enforcement, Office of Homeland Security, and one individual.

Your Committee finds that this is a housekeeping measure to reflect the scheduled transfer of the Office of Homeland Security from the Department of Defense to the Department of Law Enforcement on January 1, 2024, pursuant to part V of Act 278, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

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 H.B. No. 1037, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1037, H.D. 2.

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

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DAVID A. TARNAS, Chair