STAND. COM. REP. NO.  889

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2021

 

RE:   H.B. No. 73

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 73, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EMERGENCY WORKERS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to amend the definition of "emergency worker" in the Penal Code to include Hawaii state on-scene coordinators and telecommunications dispatchers.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Enhanced 911 Board; Hawaii Police Department; Hawaii Fire Department; Kauai Police Department; Honolulu Police Department; Maui Police Department; Honolulu Fire Department; Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO; and numerous individuals.  Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Office of the Public Defender.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Health and Office of Homeland Security of the Department of Defense.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; 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 Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 73, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 73, H.D. 2.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair