STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1013

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: H.B. No. 362

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 362, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO INFORMATION PRACTICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to permit disclosure of salary ranges of $15,000 increments for legislative employees, rather than require disclosure of exact compensation amounts.

The Chief Clerk of the Hawaii State House of Representatives testified in support of this measure. The Civil Beat Law Center for the Public Interest, League of Women Voters of Hawaii, and Hawaii Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists testified in opposition to this measure. The Office of Information Practices and Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO provided comments.

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. 362, 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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CHRIS LEE, Chair