Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2430 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to direct the Judiciary to notify the county clerk of a felony conviction at the time of actual sentencing of the felon.

The Office of Elections, the Kaua'i County Office of the County Clerk Election Division and the Association of Clerks and Elections Officers submitted testimony in support of this measure. The Judiciary submitted testimony in opposition.

Your Committee finds that while the courts are presently required to notify the respective county clerk of a felony conviction, there is no consistency between the courts on what information they provide to the county clerk. As a result, the county clerk does not always receive a positive identifier, such as a social security number or date of birth, that would enable the county clerk to remove the felon from the voter registration rolls. This measure will improve the process for removing convicted felons from the Hawaii voter roles.

Upon further consideration, your Committee amended this measure by:

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2430, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2430, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs.