STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1009

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   S.B. No. 1194

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 1194, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LOBBYISTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require the electronic filing of lobbyist disclosure statements that the State Ethics Commission shall make accessible to the public on its website in a text searchable format that can be downloaded, in accordance with administrative rules.

Common Cause Hawaii and several concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Hawaii State Ethics Commission provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure to delete the rulemaking requirement for this section.

     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. 1194, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1194, S.D. 2, 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