STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1556-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   S.B. No. 2634

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2634, S.D. 1, H.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 and to account for expenditures listed as "other endorsements."

The State Ethics Commission, League of Women Voters of Hawaii, and Common Cause Hawaii provided testimony in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, for the purpose of facilitating further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2634, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2634, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair