STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1165

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 990

H.D. 2

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2025

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 990, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE, ITS OFFICERS, OR ITS EMPLOYEES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate moneys to satisfy various claims against the State, its officers, or its employees, including claims for judgments against the State, settlements, and other miscellaneous claims.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of the Attorney General, Department of Transportation, Department of Education, and one individual.

Your Committee finds that timely passage of this measure will minimize the State's obligation to pay interest on the amounts owed by the State. Your Committee further finds that the written testimony submitted by the Department of the Attorney General requests the inclusion of funds to cover two additional claims that have been resolved since this measure was introduced.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Correcting the description of the claims for Billy Peter v. Anne E. Lopez; and Child Evangelism Fellowship of Hawaii, Inc. v. Hawaii State Department of Education; to indicate that the claims were resolved by judgment, rather than settlement;

(2) Adding funding to cover a miscellaneous claim of $514.00 for the reissuance of an outdated check that was misplaced or lost;

(3) Adding $70,000.00 for the settlement of Lisa Ann Daguro v. State of Hawaii;

(4) Changing the effective date to April 23, 2057, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

(5) Making technical nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 990, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 990, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

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

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KARL RHOADS, Chair