STAND. COM. REP. NO.
Honolulu, Hawaii
APR 1 9 2024
RE: H.C.R. No. 80
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Thirty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2024
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Labor and Technology, to which was referred
H.C.R. No. 80 entitled:
"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING STATE EXECUTIVE
DEPARTMENTS TO REVIEW MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND COMPENSATION
FOR CLASS SPECIFICATIONS FOR JOB POSTINGS AND PROVIDE
SUGGESTIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES
DEVELOPMENT,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to urge state
executive departments that utilize the Department of Human
Resources Development for hiring purposes to review minimum
qualifications and compensation for class specifications for job
postings and provide suggestions, including alternative
qualifications that can be used in lieu of existing minimum
qualifications, to the Department of Human Resources Development.
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the Department of Accounting and General Services.
Your Committee finds that in 2022, there were almost four
thousand vacant positions across the State's executive
departments, which is anticipated to increase as thirty-three
percent of the State's workforce is eligible to retire in the next
five years. Your Committee further finds that the current hiring
process limits a department's flexibility in hiring individuals
because funding for a position may be tied to a particular class
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specification, which requires certain minimum qualifications most
applicants for the position may not have. Therefore, this measure
will enable state executive departments to share meaningful
suggestions to improve the current process and increase the
opportunity to recruit and hire qualified individuals capable of
filling the growing vacancies.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Labor and Technology that is attached to this report,
your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R.
No. 80, and recommends its adoption.
Respectfully submitted on
behalf of the members of the
Committee on Labor and
Technology,
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 The Senate
Thirty-Second Legislature
State of Hawaii
Record of Votes
Committee on Labor and Technology
LBT
Bill / Resolution No.:* Committee Referral: Date:
__ The Committee is reconsidering its previous decision on this measure.
If so, then the previous decision was to:______________________________________
The Re^mmendation is:
[_X Pass, unamended Pass, with amendments __ Hold Recommit
2312 2311 2310 2313
Members Aye Aye (WR) Nay Excused
AQUINO, Henry J.C. (C)
MORIWAKI, Sharon Y. (VC)
IHARA, Jr., Les X
LEE, Chris
FEVELLA, Kurt
TOTAL
Recommendation:
LX Adopted __ Not Adopted
Chair’s or EJ^igkee’s Signature:
Distribution: Original 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