STAND. COM. REP. NO.  16-18

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2018

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1854

      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 Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 1854 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LOBBYISTS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to eliminate outdated references to criminal mens rea when an individual fails to file a lobbying report or files a report containing false information or omitted factual material so that the Hawaii State Ethics Commission (Commission) need not prove wilfulness in commission of the violation.

 

In addition, this measure clearly allows the Commission to impose an administrative fine or restitution, or both, pursuant to a settlement agreement reached prior to conclusion of a contested case.

 

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

 

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

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1854, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1854, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Public Employment,

 

 

 

 

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AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair