STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 2115
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2023
RE: S.B. No. 1384
S.D. 2
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. 1384, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to:
(1) Amend chapter 202, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to be consistent with the General Appropriations Act of 2021, Act 88, Session Laws of Hawaii 2021;
(2) Rename the Workforce Development Council as the "Hawaii Workforce Development Board", and the county workforce development board as the local workforce development board;
(3) Require the Hawaii Workforce Development Board and local workforce development boards to develop written conflict of interest policies consistent with federal law and regulations;
(4) Require the Governor to select the chairperson of the Hawaii Workforce Development Board from among the private sector members appointed to the Board; and
(5) Repeal the requirement for the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to submit an annual report to the Legislature on the activities of the K-12 Agriculture Workforce Development Pipeline Initiative, as it is no longer necessary.
Your
Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Changing
the effective date to June 30, 3000, to encourage further discussion; 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 S.B. No. 1384, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1384, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair |
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