STAND. COM. REP. NO.  135

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 1518

      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. 1518 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish a process for a public agency to request that the Office of Information Practices declare an individual to be a vexatious records requestor and restrict that individual's rights under the Uniform Information Practices Act.

The University of Hawaii, Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, and several individuals testified in support of the measure.  The Civil Beat Law Center for the Public Interest and one individual testified in opposition.  The Office of Information Practices provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion;

     (2)  Inserting the repeal date of June 30, 2020; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, style, and consistency.

     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. 1518, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1518, 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