Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Legislative Management, to which was referred H.B. No. 2288 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to require that the criteria used for selecting proceedings to be broadcast by the Legislative Broadcast Program be related to matters of public interest.

The League of Women Voters of Hawaii and Common Cause Hawaii testified in support of this measure.

Your Committee finds that the Legislative Broadcast Program has been effective in allowing citizens access to its proceedings on cable access channels. The Legislature further finds that some legislative proceedings with significant public impact and interest have not been broadcast due to the request of a committee chair.

Your Committee believes that this measure will ensure that more matters of public interest will be broadcast.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Legislative Management that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2288 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.