STAND. COM. REP. NO.  948

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   S.B. No. 452

      S.D. 1

      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. 452, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require candidate committees to file supplemental campaign spending reports annually on January 31 rather than only after an election year.

The Campaign Spending Commission, Common Cause Hawaii, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure to take effect upon its approval.

     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. 452, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 452, S.D. 1, 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