STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1573

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   S.B. No. 572

      S.D. 1

      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 S.B. No. 572, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INFORMATION PRACTICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize the Office of Information Practices, rather than each state or county agency, to adopt administrative rules regarding protection of agency records subject to disclosure and other rules necessary for administration of the Uniform Information Practices Act.

The Department of Public Safety, Office of Information Practices, Animal Rights Hawaii, and an individual testified in support of this measure.  The Society of Professional Journalists Hawaii Chapter opposed this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate 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 S.B. No. 572, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 572, S.D. 1, 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