STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2082

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: S.B. No. 1058

S.D. 2

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 Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1058, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Require and appropriate funds to the Attorney General, in consultation with the Legislative Reference Bureau, to prepare a statement in English and Hawaiian for each proposed constitutional amendment, in language that is clear and indicates the purpose, limitations, and effects of the proposed amendment; and

(2) Require the Office of Elections and county clerks to make the statement available to the public at all polling places in the State and on a website operated by the Office of Elections.

The League of Women Voters and Common Cause Hawaii supported this measure. The Department of the Attorney General and Legislative Reference Bureau provided comments.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1058, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair