THE SENATE
                THE TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE
                 REGULAR SESSION OF 1999

      MEASURES DEFERRED TO THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1999


                 COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

                        9:00 a.m.
                   Conference Room 229

         DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING BILLS
             (Deferred from March 22, 1999)

HB 1471       RELATING TO ELECTIONS                                JDC, WAM
HD1           Extends the sunset date  of Act 27, Special Session
           Laws of Hawaii 1995 to June 30, 2001. 

HB 1469       RELATING TO ELECTIONS                                     JDC
           Broadens the avenues by  which a party qualifies as
           a political party for election ballot purposes.

HB 71         RELATING TO ELECTIONS                                     JDC
HD2           Amends  campaign   spending   and  disclosure  laws
           related to  contributions  made  to  committees for
           ballot  issues;      limits   contributions   by  a
           candidate's immediate family to $50,000; amends the
           dates on which  preliminary  reports  must be filed
           with  the   commission   and   repeals  short  form
           reporting;    exempts    violators    of   campaign
           contribution    and     expenditure    laws    from
           administrative fines and  criminal prosecution upon
           payment of penalties imposed by the commission. 

HB 72         RELATING TO ELECTIONS                                     JDC
HD2           Amends the state  campaign spending laws concerning
           the voluntary expenditure limit and public matching
           fund program. 

HB 165        RELATING TO ELECTIONS                                     JDC
HD1           Amends the  definition  of  contribution to include
           gifts  to   committees;   provides  that  political
           parties shall be  subject  to the same contribution
           limits applicable to persons and other entities. 

HB 1431       RELATING TO PUBLIC FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS        JDC
           Requires  financial  disclosure   (not  the  dollar
           amount) of members of  the  board of regents, board
           of  land  and  natural   resources,  the  board  of
           agriculture, and the Hawaiian homes commission.

                   No testimony will be accepted.

For further information, please call the committee clerk at 586-6911.