STAND. COM. REP. NO.  124

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 293

      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 H.B. No. 293 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CLASS C FELONIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to increase the maximum monetary penalty for providing false information in an application affidavit for late voter registration from up to $1,000 to up to $10,000.

The Office of Elections testified in support of this measure.  The Libertarian Party of Hawaii testified in opposition.

     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 H.B. No. 293, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 293, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair