STAND. COM. REP. NO.  294-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 2751

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Legislative Management, to which was referred H.B. No. 2751 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS ON THE INTERNET,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to enhance public access to the legislative process by appropriating unspecified sums to provide archived and indexed video and audio streams of legislative proceedings on the Internet.

     Olelo Community Television and The League of Women Voters of Hawaii testified in support of this bill.

     A process known as "streaming media" or "webcasting" allows audio or video signals of an event to be transmitted through computer servers and broadcast on the Internet.  Users can see or listen to the event wherever computers are available, including in public libraries, schools, and other public places.  This service can provide greater public access to the legislative process at a low cost to the State.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Legislative Management that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2751 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Legislative Management,

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MICHAEL Y. MAGAOAY, Chair