CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 106

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2021

RE: S.B. No. 400

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

C.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 400, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to clarify that increased fines may apply if a candidate committee or noncandidate committee fails to timely file the preliminary primary or preliminary general report due in an unspecified number of calendar days before a primary or general election.

Your Committee on Conference finds that the Campaign Spending Commission requires candidate and noncandidate committees to file a series of reports prior to an election and the language establishing these reporting requirements is periodically in need of clarifying updates as the requirements are refined and amended. This measure will improve transparency and accountability in the election system by incentivizing, through the potential for increased fines, the timely filing of reports by candidate committees and noncandidate committees to the Campaign Spending Commission.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Specifying that preliminary primary and preliminary general reports are due ten calendar days before a primary or general election; and

(2) Making it effective upon its approval.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 400, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 400, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ ANGUS L.K. MCKELVEY Co-Chair	____________________________ KARL RHOADS Chair
____________________________ SCOT Z. MATAYOSHI Co-Chair
____________________________ TINA WILDBERGER Co-Chair