STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1751-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: S.B. No. 2536

S.D. 1

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 Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2536, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROCUREMENT PREFERENCES AND RECIPROCITY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Establish a procurement preference for certain Hawaii accounting service businesses; and

(2) Authorize the Chief Procurement Officer to impose a reciprocal procurement preference against offerors, under competitive sealed bidding and competitive sealed proposal procurement, from states that apply preferences.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Accuity LLP. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the State Procurement Office.

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. 2536, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, 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