STAND. COM. REP. NO.  2130

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   S.B. No. 249

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 249 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE COMMISSION ON FATHERHOOD,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to continue to promote healthy family relationships between fathers and children by making the State Commission on Fatherhood permanent. 

 

     The State Commission on Fatherhood, Hawaii Coalition for Dads, Children's Rights Council of Hawaii, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill. 

 

     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. 249 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair