STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1876-18

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2018

 

RE:   S.B. No. 2153

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2153 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ORGANIZATIONAL REPORTS OF CANDIDATE COMMITTEES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to repeal the requirement that candidate committee organizational reports include information regarding contributors and contributions.

 

     The Campaign Spending Commission and Common Cause Hawaii testified in support of this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to promote further discussion.

 

     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 S.B. No. 2153, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2153, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair