STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1511-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2992

S.D. 1

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 S.B. No. 2992, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Exempt signs and banners from election law disclaimer requirements that require any advertisement communicated to contain:

(A) The name and address of the person paying for the advertisement; and

(B) A notice indicating whether the advertisement has the approval and authority of the candidate or not; and

(2) Require signs and banners advocating the passage or defeat of an issue or question on the ballot to contain the name and address of the candidate, candidate committee, or noncandidate committee that paid for the sign or banner.

Common Cause Hawaii testified in opposition to this measure. The Campaign Spending Commission provided comments.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion; 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 Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2992, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2992, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair