STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1979-22

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2022

 

RE:   S.B. No. 2150

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2150, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to authorize and appropriate funds for the Department of Human Services to provide additional housing assistance subsidies of up to $500 per month to recipients of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families or Temporary Assistance for Other Needy Families programs who participate in the First-To-Work Program.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Zonta Club of Hilo, Hawaii Children's Action Network Speaks!, Catholic Charities Hawaii, Partners In Care, and six individuals.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Human Services, Department of Budget and Finance, Tax Foundation of Hawaii, and one individual.

 

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the housing assistance subsidies to an unspecified amount.

 

     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. 2150, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2150, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair