STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1499-18

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2018

 

RE:   S.B. No. 2777

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts, to which was referred S.B. No. 2777, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE NATIONAL GUARD,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to preserve the operating budget of the State Department of Defense while assisting the Department in recouping costs associated with the rental and use of facilities under its jurisdiction, including utility, maintenance, and personnel costs, by allowing the Department to retain a portion of the rental revenues to cover these costs.

 

     The State Department of Defense, Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, and a concerned individual testified in support of this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Inserting language that appropriates funds for the establishment of one, full-time equivalent, civil service exempt cybersecurity intelligence analyst position within the National Guard under the State Department of Defense to analyze cyber threats to critical infrastructure throughout the State (e.g., hospitals, utilities, airlines, retail, government, etc.) and provide a nexus to federal partners (e.g., Federal Bureau of Investigation) to warn private and public sector entities of incoming cyber threats or ongoing cyber infiltrations and investigate these threats so as to best advise these sectors on how to respond;

 

     (2)  Changing its effective date to June 15, 1215, to facilitate further discussion; and

 

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2777, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2777, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Veterans, Military, & International Affairs, & Culture and the Arts,

 

 

 

 

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MATTHEW S. LOPRESTI, Chair