Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 119 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the use of a registered voter's social security number on nomination papers filed on behalf of a candidate.

The League of Women Voters of Hawaii and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill. The Office of Elections and the Office of the City Clerk of the City and County of Honolulu opposed this measure.

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 119, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 119, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.