STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1288

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   S.B. No. 1106

      S.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Human Services & Housing, to which was referred S.B. No. 1106, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE STATE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to enable the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women to serve effectively as a catalyst for positive change through advocacy, education, collaboration, and program development.  This bill appropriates unspecified sums for programming, travel, and office expenses.

 

     The Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women, American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii, Kokua Council, Hawaii Women Work!, Oahu Chapter of VOICES, Community Alliance on Prisons, and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services & Housing that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1106, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

 

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services & Housing,

 

 

 

 

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MAILE SHIMABUKURO, Chair