STAND. COM. REP. NO.  955

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.R. No. 63

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Legislative Management, to which was referred H.R. No. 63 entitled:

 

"HOUSE RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING POLICIES FOR THE LEGISLATIVE BROADCAST PROGRAM'S CABLECASTS AND WEBCASTS OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES' PROCEEDINGS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this resolution is to ensure consistency, reliability, and responsibility of the broadcast of legislative proceedings by establishing policies for the Legislative Broadcast Program's cablecasts and webcasts of House of Representatives' proceedings.

 

     The Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives testified in support of this measure.  The League of Women Voters of Hawaii supported the intent of this measure.  Common Cause Hawaii provided comments.

 

     The Legislative Broadcast Program was established as a pilot program in 1994 as a means of increasing public access to, and awareness of, the legislative process through cablecasting the proceedings of the House of Representatives.  Establishing policies to govern the participation in the Legislative Broadcast Program will ensure the consistency, reliability, and responsibility of these broadcasts.

 


     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Legislative Management that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 63 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Legislative Management,

 

 

 

 

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair