STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1032

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 1614

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1614, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to establish a new bargaining unit for adult corrections officers.

More specifically, this measure:

(1) Establishes a separate bargaining unit for adult corrections officers of the Department of Public Safety's Corrections Division or its successor agency; and

(2) Transitions the affected personnel to the new bargaining unit (16).

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Public Safety, United Public Workers, and four individuals.

Your Committee received written comments in opposition to this measure from the Department of Human Resources Development, Department of Public Safety, and one individual.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance.

Your Committee finds that due to the unique challenges faced by, and needs of, adult corrections officers in the Department of Public Safety's Corrections Division, placing these officers into a separate bargaining unit is appropriate.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1614, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair