THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2005

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS

Senator Colleen Hanabusa, Chair

Senator Clayton Hee, Vice Chair

MEASURES DEFERRED TO TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2005

TIME:

9:00 AM

PLACE:

Conference Room 229

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

(Deferred from Monday, February 14, 2005)

SB 595

RELATING TO ELECTION DAY POLL WATCHERS.

Requires poll watchers to be instructed and certified by an authorized instructor. Requires list of watchers to be submitted 90 rather than 10 days before an election.

JHW

SB 436

RELATING TO FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS.

Adds business interests and real property interests outside the State of Hawaii to the business interests and real property interests that must be disclosed under the financial disclosure law.

JHW

SB 438

RELATING TO PUBLIC FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS.

Expands the members of executive boards that head state departments who are required to file public financial disclosure statements to include the board of regents and members of the board of land and natural resources, the board of agriculture, and the Hawaiian homes commission.

JHW

SB 437

RELATING TO CONFLICTS OF INTERESTS.

Expands the circumstances in which a state official is required to the official from taking official action to include those affecting a business in which the official's close family members hold financial interests.

JHW

SB 439

RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE FINES UNDER THE STATE ETHICS CODE.

Authorizes the ethics commission to impose an administrative fine not to exceed $500 for a violation of the state ethics law.

JHW

SB 628

RELATING TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE STATE ETHICS COMMISSION.

Authorizes the ethics commission to determine the salary of executive director without statutory restraints.

JHW, WAM

SB 1326

RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF INFORMATION PRACTICES.

Requires the office of information practices to conduct a review of all boards and commissions and to determine and report on whether a board or commission is subject to the Uniform Information Practices Act.

JHW, WAM

SB 1058

RELATING TO VOTING.

Requires the chief election officer to implement a voter education program designed to encourage voter registration and voter turnout; makes appropriation.

JHW, WAM

SB 975

RELATING TO VOTING.

Allows same-day voter registration; reduces the closing date for voter registration from thirty days to fifteen days.

JHW, WAM

SB 594

RELATING TO ABSENTEE BALLOTS.

Allows delivery of absentee ballot other than mail by a representative of an incapacitated voter or in special cases.

JHW, WAM

SB 595

RELATING TO ELECTION DAY POLL WATCHERS.

Requires poll watchers to be instructed and certified by an authorized instructor. Requires list of watchers to be submitted 90 rather than 10 days before an election.

JHW

SB 1324

RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

Requires a vote recount for races in which the difference between the winner and the next highest vote-getter is less than one per cent of the total number of votes cast for that office.

JHW, WAM

     

 

No testimony will be accepted.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-7793.