STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1274

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   S.B. No. 251

      S.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 S.B. No. 251, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to allow candidates who are deemed and declared elected before the general election, as provided in sections 12-41 and 12-42, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to make charitable donations and award scholarships from the date the candidate files nomination papers to the date of the general election.

The League of Women Voters of Hawaii and Common Cause Hawaii testified in opposition to this measure.  The Campaign Spending Commission provided comments.

     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. 251, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Second Reading 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