STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3777

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 2227

H.D. 2

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 2227, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CHILD CARE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to increase the availability of child care for military and civilian families.

Specifically, this measure exempts United States Department of Defense-certified child care providers who operate off federal property from the state law governing child care.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the United States Department of Defense, Department of Human Services, and Hawaii Military Affairs Council.

Your Committee finds that both civilian and military families are often in urgent need of qualified child care options. Your Committee further finds that exempting family child care providers who are already certified through the military service process from state laws governing child care will improve the quality of life and economic security of providers and families.

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 H.B. No. 2227, H.D. 2, 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