STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2203

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2114

       S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2114, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CLASS C FELONIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to increase from $1,000 to $10,000 the fine for providing false information when registering to vote prior to election day at an absentee polling place or on the day of an election at the individual's polling place.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Office of Elections and Common Cause Hawaii.

     Your Committee finds that increasing the fine for providing false information when registering to vote at an absentee polling place or on the day of an election will further deter individuals from providing false information on a voter registration affidavit and help protect the integrity of elections in the State.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2114, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair