STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1026

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                   

 

RE:     S.B. No. 1551

        S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 1551, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SUPPORTIVE HOUSING,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to establish and appropriate moneys for a supportive housing pilot program within the Statewide Office of Homelessness and Housing Solutions to provide housing and coordinated services for persons and families having special needs.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Public Safety, Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation, Judiciary, State Procurement Office, Hawaii Public Housing Authority, State Council on Developmental Disabilities, Office of the Governor, Hawaii Substance Abuse Coalition, Catholic Charities Hawaii, AARP Hawaii, Hawaiian Humane Society, Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence, and numerous individuals.

 

     Your Committee finds that the pilot program established and funded by this measure will provide housing and coordinated services to vulnerable populations, including persons who are chronically homeless, have disabilities, are transitioning from incarceration, and who suffer from a substance abuse disorder.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the appropriation amounts to unspecified sums, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

 

     (2)  Making technical nonsubstantive amendments 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. 1551, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1551, 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