CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO.127
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2001
RE: S.B. No. 932
S.D. 2
H.D. 4
C.D. 1
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2001
State of Hawaii
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2001
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 932, S.D. 2, H.D. 4, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO GOVERNMENT,"
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 bill is to prohibit parental preferences in state and county executive agencies, and provide for a clean elections campaign for the Honolulu City Council.
Your Conference Committee finds that research supports the positive effects of paternal involvement in the lives of children. While the importance of the role of mother is well-known, that of the father is also of great importance. The bill requests all state and county executive agencies to examine their contracts, programs, services, and work force policies to determine if they favored one parent over the other.
Your Conference Committee has amended this bill by removing references to work force policies in the section relating to parental preferences, and removing the part dealing with the clean elections campaign.
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 S.B. No. 932, S.D. 2, H.D. 4, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 932, S.D. 2, H.D. 4, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE |
ON THE PART OF THE SENATE |
_____________________________ TERRY NUI YOSHINAGA, Co-Chair |
____________________________ CAL KAWAMOTO, Chair |
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____________________________ ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Co-Chair |
____________________________ BRIAN KANNO, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ SCOTT K. SAIKI, Co-Chair |
____________________________ BOB NAKATA, Co-Chair |
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