STAND. COM. REP. NO. 380

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 Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 362 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 to the public of salary ranges in incremental amounts of $15,000 for legislative employees, rather than exact compensation amounts.

The Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives supported this measure. The Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO supported the intent of this measure. The League of Women Voters Hawaii and Civil Beat Law Center for the Public Interest opposed this measure. The Office of information Practices provided comments.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to January 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

Should your Committee on Judiciary consider this measure, your Committee notes that the definition of "legislative employees" could be refined and your Committee is open to such an amendment.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 362, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 362, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Public Employment,

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AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair