STAND. COM. REP. NO. 740

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 1161

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. 1161, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY ENTITLEMENTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to require the State to pay military personnel called to active duty, without delay and at the same rate as their active duty counterparts, and to provide them with a basic housing allowance.

Your Committee received no written comments on this measure.

Your Committee finds that this measure will ensure that military members who are ordered to active duty to assist the State during times of disaster receive equitable and timely pay and benefits.

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. 1161, 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