STAND. COM. REP. NO. 464-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 1853

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 1853 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE ETHICS CODE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to clarify State Ethics Code provisions on gifts disclosure statements, retention of financial disclosure statements, investigations, and training.

The Hawaii State Ethics Commission, Common Cause Hawaii, and a concerned individual supported this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Clarifying that the State Ethics Code provision that exempts the disclosure of the street address and tax map key number of a specific individual's residence applies to all of the individual's residences, instead of one residence; and

(2) Changing the effective date to January 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1853, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1853, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Public Employment,

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AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair