CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 98-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2014

 

RE:    H.B. No. 2400

       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. 2400, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TEMPORARY DISABILITY BENEFITS,"

 

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 provide temporary disability benefits to employees who are disabled due to organ donation.

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Deleting the conforming amendment to section 392-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, regarding the definition of "individual in current employment";

 

     (2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2014; and

 

     (3)  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. 2400, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2400, 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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CLAYTON HEE, Chair

 

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Co-Chair

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GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN, Co-Chair

 

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ANGUS L.K. MCKELVEY, Co-Chair

 

 

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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Co-Chair