STAND. COM. REP. NO.  62

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   H.B. No. 180

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 180 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LOBBYING CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES STATEMENTS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

The purpose of this measure is to clarify the reporting requirements for lobbyists and organizations that engage in the lobbying activities or make expenditures, for the purpose of influencing special session legislative action.  Specifically, this measure requires only those who lobbied or made expenditures on legislative matters related to the special session to file a special session lobbying report; however, such persons need not also include these expenditures and contributions in statements of expenditures subsequently filed.

 

     The Hawaii State Ethics Commission, Common Cause Hawaii, and The League of Women Voters of Hawaii testified in support of this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 180 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

 

 

 

 

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KARL RHOADS, Chair