STAND. COM. REP. NO. 762

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 742

S.D. 2

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2025

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 742, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DATA SHARING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to establish and appropriate moneys to a data sharing and governance working group within the Office of Enterprise Technology Services.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Office of the Governor, Department of Health, Department of Human Services, Executive Office on Early Learning, Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women, Office of Enterprise Technology Services, Office of Wellness and Resilience, Workforce Development Council, Hawaii Data Collaborative, HawaiiKidsCAN, Hawaii Workforce Funders Collaborative, and Transform Hawaii Government.

Your Committee received written comments on this measure from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, University of Hawaii System, and Hawaii P-20 Partnerships for Education.

Your Committee finds that establishing a data sharing and governance working group within the Office of Enterprise Technology Services is an important first step to ensure more effective, efficient, and impactful collaboration by state agencies and stakeholders. Your Committee further finds that enhanced data sharing will better inform policy decisions for the State.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Adding language to make the working group temporary and have it dissolve on June 30, 2026; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 742, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 742, S.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair