STAND. COM. REP. NO.  986-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   S.B. No. 2634

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2634, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LOBBYISTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to promote transparency in lobbying activities by requiring individuals who spend more than $750 on lobbying during a statement period to itemize each expenditure under certain categories.

The League of Women Voters of Hawaii and two concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Adding a definition for "lobbying materials";

     (2)  Requiring expenditures listed under the category of "other disbursements" to include the amount, date, purpose, and recipient of the disbursement; and

     (3)  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 S.B. No. 2634, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2634, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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KARL RHOADS, Chair