STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1001-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 1855

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 Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1855, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ETHICS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to empower the Hawaii State Ethics Commission to require the payment of restitution for ethics violations after a hearing or agreement between the parties.

The Hawaii State Ethics Commission, Common Cause Hawaii, League of Women Voters of Hawaii, and one individual testified in support of this measure.

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 H.B. No. 1855, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair