CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 75-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2014

 

RE:    H.B. No. 2003

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir and Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 2003, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CYBERSECURITY,"

 

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

 

     The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to the Department of Defense to establish in chapter 128, Hawaii Revised Statutes, a Hawaii Cybersecurity, Economic, Education, and Infrastructure Security Coordinator (Coordinator) position to coordinate efforts on and recommend improvements to the State's cybersecurity and cyber resiliency.

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Clarifying that the Coordinator position shall be established in a new chapter of the Hawaii Revised Statutes instead of chapter 128, Hawaii Revised Statutes;

 

     (2)  Specifying that, notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the Coordinator shall develop certain requirements and methods;

 

     (3)  Inserting an appropriation amount of $200,000;

 

     (4)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2014; and

 

     (5)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2003, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2003, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

 

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

 

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

 

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair

 

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ANGUS L.K. MCKELVEY, Co-Chair

 

 

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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Co-Chair