STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1660

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.C.R. No. 50

      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.C.R. No. 50 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO RESTORE FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS BY APPLYING FOR A CONVENTION TO PROPOSE AMENDMENTS TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to urge the United States Congress to restore free and fair elections.

Your Committee amended this measure by:

(1) Clarifying the title;

(2) Clarifying that Hawaii have an equal number of delegates to the convention as any other state;

(3) Removing the option that delegates be elected from each congressional district;

(4) Removing the condition that two-thirds of the several states must apply, for said convention, for this application to take effect; and

(5) Making technical, non-substantive, changes, for clarity, consistency, and style.

The Department of the Attorney General, the Convention of States, and one individual offered comments. We Are One Inc., the Kauai Women’s Caucus, Wolf-Pac, and numerous individuals offered testimony in support.  Common Cause Hawaii offered testimony is opposition.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 50, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 50, H.D. 1.

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

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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair