STAND. COM. REP. NO. 959-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 1839

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1839, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for long-term monitoring of air quality for communities impacted by the Maui wildfires and to support research efforts to better understand the environmental concerns linked to urban fires.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from one member of the Maui County Council; Lāhainā Strong; Environmental Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawaiʻi; and seven individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Health and one individual.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the number of full-time equivalent positions established by this measure to an unspecified number; and

(2) 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 Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1839, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1839, H.D. 2.

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

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair