STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1606-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: S.B. No. 2305

S.D. 2

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 S.B. No. 2305, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MISSING PERSONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require and appropriate funds for the Department of Law Enforcement to establish and operate a Silver Alert Program to help locate and safeguard missing persons who are sixty-five years of age or older, cognitively impaired, or developmentally disabled.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs; State Council on Developmental Disabilities; Office of the Mayor of the County of Kauaʻi; Office of the Prosecuting Attorney of the County of Hawaiʻi; Hawaiʻi Police Department; United Public Workers, AFSCME Local 646, AFL-CIO; AARP Hawaiʻi; Hawaiʻi Primary Care Association; Hawaiʻi Family Caregiver Coalition; Catholic Charities Hawaiʻi; Hawaii Disability Rights Center; Hawaiʻi Public Health Association; Hawaii Medical Service Association; Easterseals Hawaii; Hawaiʻi Parkinson Association; Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO; Epilepsy Foundation of Hawaii; Oahu Search and Rescue; Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs; International Longshore & Warehouse Union Local 142; Chamber of Commerce Hawaii; Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement; and numerous individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Office of Wellness and Resilience; Department of Law Enforcement; Department of Human Services; Executive Office on Aging; Honolulu Police Department; Hawaii Alliance for Retired Americans; and Alzheimer's Association – Aloha Chapter.

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. 2305, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair