STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1928

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2025

RE: S.B. No. 1526

S.D. 2

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 Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1526, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DRUG AND ALCOHOL TOXICOLOGY TESTING LABORATORY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to extend the lapse date for appropriations for the establishment and maintenance of a drug and alcohol toxicology testing laboratory.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Health; Department of Law Enforcement; Department of Transportation; County of Hawaiʻi, Office of the Prosecuting Attorney; Department of the Prosecuting Attorney; County of Maui; Hawaiʻi Police Department; Honolulu Police Department; and Oahu Metropolitan Planning Organization.

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. 1526, S.D. 2, 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