STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1844

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2021

RE: S.B. No. 200

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 200, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to clarify that the requirement for a candidate or candidate committee to file a late contribution report before an election applies only if the candidate appears on the election ballot and makes or receives contributions in excess of $500.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Campaign Spending Commission and one individual. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from Common Cause Hawaii.

Your Committee finds that this measure clarifies that the late contribution report due on the third calendar day before an election is not required if candidates are not on the ballot. This is consistent with the requirements for preliminary candidate and candidate committee reports.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Amending the amount of contributions that trigger the requirement to file a late contribution report from $500 to an unspecified amount; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 200, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 200, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs,

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair