STAND. COM. REP. NO.  383-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2287

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2287 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PERSONAL PRIVACY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to protect the sensitive personal data contained in Hawaiian homestead application files and lease files by excluding records that contain such information from disclosure under the Uniform Information Practices Act.

 

     The Hawaiian Affairs Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawaii provided testimony in support of this measure.  The Office of Information Practices provided testimony in opposition to this measure.  The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands and Association of Hawaiian Civic Clubs provided comments on this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Deleting the amendments made to the Uniform Information Practices Act;

 

     (2)  Inserting the disclosure exemptions into a new statutory chapter and specifying the types of records and content that shall be exempt from disclosure; and

 

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     Your Committee notes that the Office of Information Practices and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands have agreed to collaborate on a proposed draft that seeks to address the concerns raised by both parties for consideration by your Committee on Judiciary.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2287, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2287, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs,

 

 

 

 

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FAYE P. HANOHANO, Chair