STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1562

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2023

 

RE:   S.B. No. 296

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Legislative Management, to which was referred S.B. No. 296, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SUBMISSION DEADLINES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to clarify the submission deadline for various reports that state agencies are required to submit to the Legislature.

 

     Your Committee did not receive any testimony on this measure.

 

     Your Committee finds that state agencies are required to submit hundreds of reports to the Legislature each year.  However, there is currently no uniform deadline by which agencies must submit these reports and there is no deadline specified in statute at all for certain reports.

 

     Your Committee further finds that the State, like many employers, is facing an unprecedented worker shortage.  Because the preparation of reports requires a significant investment of time and resources by agencies, your Committee believes that it is an ideal time to review the necessity of statutorily required annual reports with a view to streamline reporting requirements to allow for the more efficient and effective use of state resources.  The resources saved through this process may be redirected to focus on core agency functions, especially services that directly benefit citizens of the State.

 

     Accordingly, your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Deleting language that would have specified the submission deadline for various reports that state agencies are required to submit to the Legislature;

 

     (2)  Requiring each principal state department to examine the existing statutory reporting requirements for the department and its attached agencies and make recommendations to the Governor no later than October 1, 2023, regarding a uniform submission deadline for that department's required reports; any reports that should not be subject to the uniform deadline and the reasons why; and any proposed legislation;

 

     (3)  Requiring the Governor to submit a report to the Legislature no later than November 1, 2023, that includes:

 

          (A)  A recommended uniform date by which statutorily required reports must be submitted to the Legislature;

 

          (B)  Identification of any reports that should not be subject to this uniform submission deadline, and the reasons for their exclusion;

 

          (C)  Identification of any duplicative, obsolete, or extraneous reporting requirements that should be repealed; and

 

          (D)  Separate proposed legislation for each principal department and its attached agencies, which shall be included as part of the Governor's legislative package for the Regular Session of 2024;

 

     (4)  Changing its effective date to June 30, 3000, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (5)  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 Legislative Management that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 296, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 296, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Legislative Management,

 

 

 

 

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NADINE K. NAKAMURA, Chair