COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

Rep. Eric G. Hamakawa, Chair

Rep. Blake K. Oshiro, Vice Chair

(HSCR262)

Repeals the exemption from jury service for certain individuals. Allows an elected official serving in a legislative capacity to claim an exemption only when the legislative body is in session. Allows a juror to be excused from jury duty for reason of financial hardship.

LMG, JUD

HB 981

Exempts from jury duty persons who live more than 70 miles from the court for which jury service is required.

JUD

(HSCR261)

Lowers the value of a gift that must be reported by a legislator or government employee, spouse or dependent child of a legislator or government employee from $200 to $100.

LMG, JUD

HB 533

Broadens the scope of Standards of Conduct, as provided for in section 84-17, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

JUD

HB 284

Restores integrity in elections by prohibiting a person from soliciting or receiving campaign donations on government property; and prohibiting any government contractor from making a contribution during the period from 12 months prior to the notice of contract availability of commencement of negotiations, whichever is earlier, to 24 months after completion of performance or termination.

JUD

HB 502

Amends corporation law to prohibit corporations from making contributions to a candidate, ballot issue committee, candidate's committee, noncandidate committee, party, or political committees established and maintained by a national political party.

JUD

HB 534

Reduces campaign contribution limits by 50%.

JUD

HB 757

Reduces the period in which the county clerk's office is required to preserve campaign spending reports from 10 to 5 years.

JUD

HB 864

Prohibits appointed public employees who are candidates for elective office from holding fundraisers until they have resigned or taken a leave of absence from their position.

JUD

HB 887

Provides campaign spending requirements similar to those for candidate and noncandidate committees including an organizational report, preliminary report, and final report.

JUD

HB 1352

Improves the campaign spending laws by: Prohibiting campaign solicitation and contribution on government property; prohibiting campaign workers from using information obtained while working at a polling place for partisan purposes; prohibiting use of campaign contributions for personal use; limiting campaign contributions per donor to $100 for each year of the term of the office for which the candidate is running; requiring donors who contribute $200 or more in-kind to a campaign to report the contribution to the campaign spending commission; prohibiting corporations and labor organizations from making campaign contributions; forbidding any contractor from contributing to any candidate or committee from 1 year prior to notice of availability of the contract to 2 years after completion of the contract; increasing the spending limits for the voluntary spending limit; making it a class C felony to falsify any campaign expenditure report with the intent to deceive the commission, make an anonymous contribution, or use a false name to make a contribution.

JUD

HB 1660

Clarifies regulations regarding the filing of campaign spending reports and provides for and establishes a graduated schedule of fines for failure to file a report.

JUD

(HSCR263)

Places responsibility for publishing proposed constitutional amendments in the newspaper in accordance with constitutional requirements with the Legislature rather than with the Office of Elections.

LMG, JUD

HB 401

Allows the elections appointment and review panel to remove the chief election officer at any time for good (rather than "any") cause.

JUD

Chair