STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2056

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: S.B. No. 435

S.D. 1

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 Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 435, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Order the person or firm found to be in violation of the state law governing wages and hours of employees on public works to be jointly and severally liable for the penalty, with the penalty increasing for repeat violations;

(2) Require each notice of violation to contain the names of the person and firm;

(3) Define a "person" for purposes of violations of the state law governing wages and hours of employees on public works, and related penalties and suspension; and

(4) Require the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations to suspend the person and firm under specified conditions.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations and Hawaii Operating Engineers Industry Stabilization Fund Political Action Committee. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Subcontractors Association of Hawaii.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 435, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair