STAND. COM. REP. NO.
Honolulu, Hawaii
APR 0 3 2024
RE: S.C.R. No. 51
S. D. 1
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Thirty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2024
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Government Operations, to which was
referred S.C.R. No. 51 entitled:
"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE LEGISLATIVE
REFERENCE BUREAU TO CONDUCT A STUDY TO UNDERSTAND THE
IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS FOR A CONTINUOUS LEGISLATIVE SESSION
AND ITS RELATIVE IMPACTS ON THE STATE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the
Legislative Reference Bureau to conduct a study to understand the
implementation process for a continuous legislative session and
its relative impacts on the State.
Your Committee did not receive any testimony on this measure.
Your Committee finds that a regular session of Hawaii's
legislature is limited to a period of sixty days per year. Your
Committee further finds that the efficiency, productivity,
orderliness, and transparency of the state legislature could be
improved with the implementation of a continuous legislative
session. The study requested by this measure will provide
valuable information to promote government efficiency and
productivity.
Your Committee notes that due to certain holidays surrounded
by deadline dates, the Legislature's standing committees lose
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hearing days, which limits the time for the members to review and
deliberate on the legislative measures, and more importantly, for
the public to deliberate and provide their input. Therefore, this
measure needs to be amended to facilitate further meaningful
conversation and increased scrutiny of legislative measures.
Accordingly, your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Inserting language that expands the scope of the
requested study to include studies on extending the
legislative session and adding additional recess days,
in addition to a study on a continuous legislature;
(2) 7\mending its title to reflect its amended purpose; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the
purposes of clarity and consistency.
Your Committee notes that the study requested in this measure
should include the impact a continuous legislative session would
have on Senate special sessions that are convened to consider
appointments for certain state positions and the effect a
continuous legislative session would have on legislators who are
appointed to serve on working groups.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Government Operations that is attached to this
report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of
S.C.R. No. 51, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in
the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 51, S.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on
behalf of the members of the
Committee on Government
Operations,
ANGUS L.K. MCKELVEY, Chair
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 The Senate
Thirty-Second Legislature
State of Hawaii
Record of Votes
Committee on Government Operations
GVO
Bill / Resolution No.:* Committee Referral: Date:
602, s\
The Committee is reconsidering its previous decision on this measure.
If so, then the previous decision was to: ________________________________________________
The Recommendation is: /
Pass, unamended 1/ Pass, with amendments __ Hold __ Recommit
2312 2311 2310 2313
Members Aye (WR) Nay Excused
MCKELVEY. Angus L.K. (C)
GABBARD, Mike (VC)
SAN BUENAVENTURA, Joy A.
WAKAI, Glenn
AWA, Brenton
„— *2^'
TOTAL
Recommendation: /
Adopted __ Not Adopted
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Dtetribution: Origibal Yellow Pink Goldenrod
File with Committee Report Clerk's Office Drafting Agency Committee File Copy
*Only one measure per Record of Votes
Revised: 12/27/23