CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 43

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2015

 

RE:    H.B. No. 1491

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 1

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir and Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 1491, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING,"

 

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

 

     The purpose of this measure is to assure meaningful disclosure of the source of campaign funding by requiring noncandidate committees that make only independent expenditures to report, for contributions from other than an individual, for-profit business entity, or labor union that are in excess of $10,000 in any election period or in excess of $5,000 in the period covered by a late contribution report:

 

(1)  The internet address where the contributing entity's disclosure report can be publicly accessed;

 

(2)  The name, address, occupation, and employer of each funding source of $100 or more in the aggregate in an election period to that contributing entity; or

 

(3)  An acknowledgement that the contributing entity is not subject to any state or federal disclosure requirements regarding the source of the contributing entity's funds.

 

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure to make technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and consistency.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1491, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1491, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

 

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

 

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

 

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GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN, Chair

 

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KARL RHOADS, Co-Chair

 

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MAILE S.L. SHIMABUKURO, Co-Chair

 

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LYNN DECOITE, Co-Chair