STAND. COM. REP. NO.  804

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.B. No. 1836

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1836 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO GAMBLING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to continue to keep Hawaii free from gambling by clarifying that gambling includes the purchase of a sweepstakes entry that also provides a nominal, non-gambling value even if the sweepstakes entry can be obtained without payment of consideration.

     The League of Women Voters of Hawaii, Hawaii Coalition Against Legalized Gambling, the Honolulu Police Department, the Hawaii Family Forum, the Catholic Diocese of Honolulu, and an individual testified in support of this bill.

     Your Committee amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2112, to promote further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency and style.

     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. 1836, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1836, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

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TOMMY WATERS, Chair