Does state provide a license: No
Most registration and licensure systems include structural approaches to review both the need and operational effectiveness of the process.
Some states provide formal sunset evaluation processes for their licensure programs. Many also include a periodic audit process of the licensure program/agency, which can range from cursory financial reviews to comprehensive evaluation of program effectiveness.
The audit process is often leveraged when political pressure is applied to eliminate geologist licensure, so awareness of the history and codes for audits and sunset evaluations is critical to montioring the health of the licensure within the state.
Current modes for sunsetting evaluation: Sunset review
Current law to establish new licensure board: Yes
Sunset regulation name: Hawaii Regulatory Licensing Reform Act
Sunset statute: Hawaii Revised Statutes, Division 1. Government, Title 4. State Organization and Administration, Generally, Chapter 26H. Hawaii Regulatory Licensing Reform Act
Sunset statute reference: https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/docs/HRS.htm
Sunset committee: The Legislative Auditor with assistance from the Legislative Reference Bureau
Sunset committee website: https://www.hawaiicounty.gov/our-county/legislative/office-of-the-legislative-auditor
Auditor name: Office of the Auditor
Auditor website: https://auditor.hawaii.gov/
Audit statute: Hawaii Revised Statutes, Division 1. Government, Title 3. Legislature, Chapter 23. Auditor
Audit Statute abbreviation: Hawaii Revised Statutes, Division 1. Government, Title 3. Legislature, Chapter 23. Auditor Section 41-5A-1
Audit statute link: https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/docs/HRS.htm
Audit legislation committee: Office of the Legislative Auditor
Audit legislation committee website: https://www.hawaiicounty.gov/our-county/legislative/office-of-the-legislative-auditor
Audit notes: The Office of the State Auditor posts performance audits, including sunset and sunrise evaluations. It does not appear that state licensing boards are routinely audited by the Office of the Auditor based on the reports posted (1965-2019). It does not appear that licensing boards are audited by the Office of the Legislative Auditor based on reports posted (2004-2019).
| Year | Action | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Sunset law created | The Hawaii Regulatory Licensing Reform Act §26-8 was created by SB 460 of 1977. |
| 1979 | Sunset law amended | The review component of this automatic review and repeal law was amended to require that assessments be performed by the legislative auditor. |
| 1984 | Sunset law repealed | The Hawaii Regulatory Licensing Reform Act was repealed and replaced. |
| 1984 | Sunset law created | The original sunset law was replaced with §26H-4, also title the Hawaii Regulatory Licenesing Reform Act. |
| 1994 | Sunset law amended | Recognizing that automatic review of every existing professional or vocational regulatory program consumed a disproportionate amount of the auditor’s limited resources, in 1994, the legislature restricted automatic review and repeal to professional or vocational regulatory programs enacted after July 1, 1994. |
| 1996 | Sunset law amended | The legislature further limited this procedure in 1996 to regulatory programs actually listed in section 26H-4, HRS. |
| 2005 | Sunset law amended | The sunset law was amended by House Bill (HB) 217. From the bill text: The purpose of this Act is to provide a mechanism for the expeditious removal of unnecessary vocational and professional regulatory boards and commissions that serve the interests of the regulated industry rather than the interests of the consumer. |