CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 141-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2012

RE:    H.B. No. 1755

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 2

       C.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 1755, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VOTER REGISTRATION,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to modify voter registration and related procedures by, among other things:

     (1)  Authorizing the county clerk to accept voter registration applications electronically and establishing that the applicant's use of the electronic application to register will constitute consent for election officials to obtain confirmatory information;

     (2)  Amending record keeping requirements affecting the maintenance of voters' names, affidavits of registration, and the use of tabulating cards, computer tapes, the register, and voter lists;

     (3)  Deleting requirements that:

          (A)  The county clerk maintain segregated records for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs registered voters; and

          (B)  A person voting for the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs affirm that the person is Hawaiian;

     (4)  Repealing the requirement that a list of registered voters in each precinct be posted at precinct polling places; and

     (5)  Making an unspecified appropriation for fiscal year 2012-2013 from the general fund for the purpose of planning, designing, and implementing an online voter registration system.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by appropriating $500,000 from the general fund for fiscal year 2012-2013 for the planning, design, and implementation of an online voter registration system.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1755, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1755, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ CLAYTON HEE, Chair	______________________________ GILBERT KEITH-AGARAN, Co-Chair
____________________________ MICHELLE KIDANI, Co-Chair	______________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Co-Chair