STAND. COM. REP. NO.  12-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.B. No. 1927

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1927 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CAMPAIGN SPENDING COMMISSION LAW,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to ensure both transparency and efficiency in the elections process by changing certain deadlines for the campaign spending reports of candidate committees.  Specifically, this measure changes the deadline for the first preliminary report for a primary election, and deletes the requirement that the January supplemental report be filed only after an election year.

The Campaign Spending Commission and Common Cause Hawaii testified in support of this bill.

     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. 1927 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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GILBERT KEITH-AGARAN, Chair