STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1533

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 165

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 165 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to require a candidate committee or noncandidate committee to inform the Campaign Spending Commission if the candidate committee or noncandidate committee does not intend to receive or spend more than $1,000 in an election period.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Campaign Spending Commission and League of Women Voters of Hawaii.

Your Committee finds that requiring candidate and noncandidate committees to file preliminary and final preliminary reports when they do not intend to make substantial expenditures or contributions during an election period is not necessary. Your Committee further finds that without knowledge of that intent, the Campaign Spending Commission is required to track such candidate and noncandidate committees, generate notices of late reports, and assess fines for failure to submit those reports. This measure will require candidate and noncandidate committees who intend to make expenditures or contributions of less than $1,000 during an election period to notify the Campaign Spending Commission of that intent.

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. 165, and recommends that it pass Second Reading 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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KARL RHOADS, Chair