CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 69-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 1768

H.D. 2

S.D. 2

C.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 1768, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, entitled:

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

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to permit the public inspection and duplication of salary ranges within $15,000 increments, rather than exact compensation amounts, for legislative employees and members of all public employee bargaining units.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Specifying that the $15,000 range applies only to the disclosure of compensation for legislative employees;

(2) Deleting the application of salary range disclosure to all public employee bargaining units and preserving the current statutory application to bargaining unit (8) only;

(3) Clarifying that "legislative employees" include legislative officers and legislative service agency directors, officers, and employees;

(4) Changing its effective date to upon its approval; and

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1768, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1768, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ JILL N. TOKUDA Chair	____________________________ AARON LING JOHANSON Co-Chair
____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI Co-Chair	____________________________ SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO Co-Chair