STAND. COM. REP. NO.  447

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 1290

      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 Transportation, to which was referred H.B. No. 1290 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VOTER REGISTRATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require:

     (1)  A voter registration application affidavit to be a mandatory part of all driver's license and identification card applications; and

     (2)  The sharing of certain information among the counties, Department of Transportation, and election personnel for voter registration and information verification purposes.

The Office of Elections, Finance Department of the County of Hawaii, Elections Division of the Office of the County Clerk of County of Kauai, Common Cause Hawaii, Hawaii Advocates for Consumer Rights, League of Women Voters, Sierra Club of Hawaii, and many concerned individuals supported this measure.  

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Changing its effective date to January 1, 2018; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Transportation that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1290, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1290, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

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

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HENRY J.C. AQUINO, Chair