STAND. COM. REP. NO. 785-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 1472

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1472 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE WITHDRAWAL OF PETITION SIGNATURES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to amend the information necessary for a voter to withdraw their signature from a petition under election laws, including petitions to qualify as a political party or appear as a presidential candidate.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of Elections.

Your Committee finds that this measure will standardize the requirements for a signatory to remove their name from a petition to match the withdrawal requirements for nomination papers.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to January 1, 2222, to encourage further discussion.

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 H.B. No. 1472, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1472, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair