STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1236

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   S.B. No. 31

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 31 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to clarify the information and deadlines for noncandidate committee reports by, among other things:

     (1)  Specifying that both contributions received and made by noncandidate committees and for independent expenditures, the identity of the candidate supported or opposed by the expenditure should be disclosed in the preliminary, final, and supplemental noncandidate committee reports; and

     (2)  Requiring that the January noncandidate committee supplemental reports be filed annually.

The Campaign Spending Commission and League of Women Voters of Hawaii testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making the effective date January 1, 2100, to encourage further discussion.

     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. 31, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 31, H.D. 1, 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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KARL RHOADS, Chair