Bill Text: HI HB2897 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Contractor License; Revocation or Suspension; Illegal Worker
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-06-30 - (H) Act 185, on 6/30/2010 (Gov. Msg. No. 407). [HB2897 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-HB2897-Amended.html
STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2800
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: H.B. No. 2897
H.D. 1
S.D. 1
Honorable Colleen Hanabusa
President of the Senate
Twenty-Fifth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2010
State of Hawaii
Madam:
Your Committees on Labor and Commerce and Consumer Protection, to which was referred H.B. No. 2897, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONTRACTORS,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to subject a contractor to revocation, suspension, or nonrenewal of the contractor's license for knowingly or intentionally employing a person on any project or operation who is not eligible to work in the United States under federal law, rather than limiting the revocation, suspension, or nonrenewal to contracts that are subject to chapter 104, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by four private organizations. Testimony in opposition of this measure was submitted by two private organizations. Written testimony presented to the Committees may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.
Your Committees find that under the current economic climate it is imperative that persons who are eligible to work in the United States under federal law be afforded every opportunity to secure and retain gainful employment in this State rather than allowing contractors to use illegal labor to fill vacant jobs. Your Committees also find that the potential penalties against contractors identified in this measure should be delicately balanced against the likelihood of a contractor losing the ability to engage in its craft, as well as the concerns raised by the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission relating to the potential for discrimination against workers who are eligible to work in the United States under federal law but who may appear to be ineligible due to their physical appearance.
Your Committees have amended this measure by:
(1) Changing the effective date to upon approval; and
(2) Including a repeal and reenactment provision that makes this measure effective through June 30, 2013.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Labor and Commerce and Consumer Protection that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2897, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2897, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Labor and Commerce and Consumer Protection,
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____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair |
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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