STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3480

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.C.R. No. 76

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 76, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING CONGRESS TO CONVENE A LIMITED NATIONAL CONVENTION UNDER ARTICLE V FOR THE EXCLUSIVE PURPOSE OF PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION THAT WILL LIMIT THE INFLUENCE OF MONEY IN OUR ELECTORAL PROCESS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the United States Congress to convene a limited national convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for the exclusive purpose of proposing an amendment to the Constitution that would limit the influence of money in the nation's electoral process.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Wolf-PAC and forty-five individuals.

Your Committee received written comments in opposition to this measure from the Department of the Attorney General, Citizens Against an Article V Convention, Community Alliance on Prisons, Common Cause Hawaii, Hawaii Government Employees Association, Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice, IMUAlliance, American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii, ILWU Local 142, League of Women Voters of Hawaii, LGBT Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, and four individuals.

Your Committee finds that the Convention Clause of Article V of the United States Constitution provides an important means for states to initiate the adoption of constitutional amendments that are perceived to be in the national interest by significant percentages of the American population.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 76, S.D. 1, and recommends its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair