STAND. COM. REP. NO.  697-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 2656

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 2656 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to include a reciprocal beneficiary as a member of a candidate's immediate family with regard to laws pertaining to campaign contributions.

     The Hawaii Civil Rights Commission, American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii, Gay and Lesbian Education and Advocacy Foundation, Honolulu Hawaii Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Japanese American Citizens League of Hawaii Honolulu Chapter, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  The Campaign Spending Commission provided comments.

     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. 2656 and recommends that it pass Second Reading 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