STAND. COM. REP. NO. 103-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 1946

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Labor & Government Operations, to which was referred H.B. No. 1946 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROCESS IMPROVEMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish and appropriate funds for a three-year pilot program, including the hiring of three full-time positions, in the Office of the Lieutenant Governor for an Office of Process Improvement to conduct process and efficiency evaluations for various offices and agencies and make recommendations for process improvement.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Hawaiʻi Pacific Health. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Office of the Lieutenant Governor.

Your Committee finds that delays in the processes within state government often lead to inefficiencies in decision-making and the implementation of policies, which is critical in addressing the urgent needs of the public. Evaluating and improving existing processes will allow for a more efficient delivery of services to the public and improve the overall effectiveness of state government.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Attaching the Office of Process Improvement to the Office of the Governor, rather than the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, and amending the appropriation of funds to account for this change; and

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Government Operations that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1946, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1946, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Government Operations,

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SCOT Z. MATAYOSHI, Chair