HI SB724

Appropriates general revenue funds for fiscal years 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 to enhance technology resources for the Department of Human Resources Development, with specific dollar amounts and full-time equivalent (FTE) positions to be determined.

Directs funding toward modernizing the department's technology infrastructure, including replacing computers and network systems, with 80 percent of department employees currently using computers more than ten years old.

Aims to improve the department's ability to administer state human resources programs, including recruitment, examination, classification, pay administration, and workers' compensation claims under chapter 386, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

Intended to reduce average hiring time for state employees, improve digital efficiencies, reduce paper usage, and help address current staffing shortages across state agencies.

Takes effect on January 1, 2050.