STAND. COM. REP. NO. 868-16
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2016
RE: H.B. No. 1652
H.D. 1
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Eighth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2016
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1652 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VOTER REGISTRATION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to increase voter registration by:
(1) Requiring an application for voter registration to be included with applications for civil identification cards and driver's licenses;
(2) Requiring the applicant to accept or decline the voter registration before the identification card or driver's license application may be processed; and
(3) Giving election officials and the statewide registration system electronic access to the registrant's information to allow for the timely processing of voter registration applications.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to facilitate further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for 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 H.B. No. 1652, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1652, H.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ SYLVIA LUKE, Chair |
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