STAND. COM. REP. NO. 658

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                

 

RE:    S.B. No. 296

       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. 296, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

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

 

More specifically, with respect to certain reports having no fixed submission deadline, the measure specifies that these reports shall be submitted to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of each Regular Session, or no later than twenty days prior to the next Regular Session, depending on the type of report.

 

     Your Committee received no written comments on this measure.

 

     Your Committee finds that the establishment of specific submission deadlines for certain reports to the Legislature will provide greater certainty for the agencies that must prepare these reports and facilitate efforts to strengthen oversight and accountability of governmental activities.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by 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. 296, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 296, 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