STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 467
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2025
RE: H.B. No. 636
H.D. 1
Honorable Nadine K. Nakamura
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2025
State of Hawaii
Madame:
Your Committee on Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 636 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the School Facilities Authority; Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association; Environmental Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawaiʻi; Lou's Quality Home Health Care Services, LLC; and Philippine Nurses Association of Hawaii. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Education; Department of the Attorney General; and Department of Budget and Finance.
Your Committee finds that construction is historically expensive in Hawaii and that the industry has faced challenges related to the lingering impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The amount of money the State spends on school-related construction and the reasons for such spending need to be informed and justified. Your Committee believes that a planning database can help inform spending and prioritization of capital improvement projects for school facilities in the State.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 3000; 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 Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 636, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 636, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Education,
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____________________________ JUSTIN H. WOODSON, Chair |
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