STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1096
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: S.B. No. 306
S.D. 1
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Thirty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2023
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Judiciary and Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 306, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC INFORMATION,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to:
(1) Require
the full text of the proposed administrative rules of all state agencies to be
posted on the website of the Office of the Lieutenant Governor in a digitally
accessible and searchable format;
(2) Require
all state agencies to make the full text of their administrative rules available
in a digitally accessible and searchable format on the website of the Office of
the Lieutenant Governor;
(3) Require
the Office of the Lieutenant Governor to submit a report on the long-range
plans for the expansion, cross-referencing, and centralization of the Hawaii
Administrative Rules on its website, along with the implementation of the
plans, to the Legislature prior to the Regular Session of 2024; and
(4) Appropriate an unspecified amount to the Office of the Lieutenant Governor for the establishment of two full-time equivalent positions to implement and maintain the centralization and accessibility of the Hawaii Administrative Rules on the Lieutenant Governor's website.
Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the State of Hawaii Organization of Police Officers and two individuals. Your Committees received comments on this measure from the Office of the Lieutenant Governor.
Your Committees find that this measure will make it easier for the public and community stakeholders to view and understand the proposed administrative rule changes that will impact their lives. Requiring information to be digitally accessible will enable individuals with disabilities to access this information. Therefore, this measure will increase transparency across all state agencies.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Judiciary and Ways and Means that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 306, S.D. 1, and recommend that it pass Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Judiciary and Ways and Means,
________________________________ DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair |
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________________________________ KARL RHOADS, Chair |
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