Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1717 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of the bill is to provide for mandatory ethics training for legislators and appointed state employees.

Common Cause Hawaii testified in support of the bill. The League of Women Voters of Hawaii supported the intent of the measure. The Hawaii State Ethics Commission (Commission) raised concerns about the bill.

Your Committee finds that mandatory ethics training will ensure that legislators and appointed state employees understand the ethics and lobbying laws. Your Committee also finds that such mandatory training should apply to legislators and appointed state employees who are required to file public financial disclosure records, including the amounts of their interests, pursuant to section 84-17, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS).

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1717, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance, in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1717, H.D. 1.