STAND. COM. REP. NO.  792

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 279

      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. 279 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to clarify the law relating to campaign contributions and expenditures by specifying that certain types of dissemination, distribution, republication, and use of campaign materials or the financing of those campaign materials by any person shall not be considered a contribution to a candidate.

The Campaign Spending Commission and an individual testified in support of the measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, 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. 279, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 279, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair