Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 216 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to create a legislative task force to make recommendations for statutory enactment to enhance transparency in legislative proceedings.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the League of Women Voters of Hawaii.

Your Committee finds that transparency is important to public understanding of how government works.

Your Committee notes that this measure merely requests that S.B. 1062, Regular Session of 2005, be discussed but that no other action on that particular measure is required.

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 concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 216 and recommends its adoption.