STAND. COM. REP. NO. 544

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: H.B. No. 1393

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1393 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to change the procedure for the appointment of the seven voting members on the 13-member Commission on the Status of Women (Commission). This bill requires that:

(1) Three members be appointed by the Governor;

(2) Two members be appointed by the President of the Senate; and

(3) Two members be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Currently, the Governor appoints all seven voting members.

Kokua Council testified in support of this bill. The Office of the Lieutenant Governor opposed this measure, but recommended transferring the Commission from the Office of the Lieutenant Governor to the Department of Human Services (DHS).

 

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Specifying that the seven voting members of the Commission be appointed by the Governor from a list of 20 candidates recommended by the Women's Legislative Caucus; and

(2) Transferring the Commission from the Office of the Lieutenant Governor to DHS.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1393, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1393, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair