STAND. COM. REP. NO.  883

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.B. No. 169

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 169, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FAMILY LEAVE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to assist family members of individuals in the armed services on, or notified of a call to, active duty.  Specifically, this measure permits an employee with a family member in the United States armed forces who is on active duty, or notified of a call to active duty, to use family leave for certain activities for which an employee may take military family leave under federal law if certain documentation certifying the validity of the request is provided to an employer. 

 

     The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations and The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii testified in support of this bill.  

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.


 

     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 H.B. No. 169, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 169, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair