STAND. COM. REP. NO.  136

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 1291

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1291 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE V, SECTION 2, OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to propose a constitutional amendment to require the gubernatorial nominee of each political party to appoint a person from the same political party as a running mate for lieutenant governor in the general election.

The Department of the Attorney General and one individual testified in opposition to this measure.

     Your Committee has changed the effective date of this measure 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 H.B. No. 1291, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1291, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,

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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair