CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 107

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2021

RE: S.B. No. 402

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. 402, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO REIMBURSEMENTS FOR EXPENDITURES BY COMMITTEES,"

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:

(1) Provide that expenditures by candidate committees may be made to reimburse other individuals for expenditures advanced by those individuals, in addition to those advanced by the candidate; and

(2) Delete candidate reimbursements from the category of expenditures that noncandidate committees must itemize in their reports, since noncandidate committees are not allowed to receive or make loans under existing law.

Your Committee on Conference finds that under existing law, only candidate reimbursements need to be itemized in reports made to the Campaign Spending Commission. Your Committee on Conference further finds that in many instances, individuals other than the candidate are also being reimbursed for campaign costs advanced by the individuals. This measure requires that reimbursements made to other individuals be itemized as well, which will provide more transparency in how candidate committees are spending their funds.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by 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. 402, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 402, 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
____________________________ MARK M. NAKASHIMA Co-Chair
____________________________ TINA WILDBERGER Co-Chair