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Committee adds $600,000 appropriation and online portal requirement to SB 989 for small-business project management
Summary
The committee amended SB 989 to appropriate $600,000 and to require development of project-management software and an applicant portal to simplify applications for small businesses. The recommendation to pass with amendments was adopted.
The committee recommended passage of Senate Bill 989 as amended to add a $600,000 total appropriation and to require part of the appropriation to fund development of project-management software and a public portal to simplify applications and monitoring for small-business applicants.
Witnesses listed in the record included the Hawaii Food Industry Association (support) and the Chamber of Commerce (support). The Hawaii Technology Development Corporation was also listed in support. The committee clarified the bill’s defective effective date to the house’s standard defective date.
At decision making the committee adopted the chair’s recommendation to pass SB 989 with the stated amendments; Representative Holt was excused. The transcript records the committee’s recommendation as adopted but does not include a full roll-call tally in the printed record.
