STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3382

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 1475

H.D. 1

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Labor, Culture and the Arts, to which was referred H.B. No. 1475, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MANDATORY ETHICS TRAINING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to require state legislators and employees to complete mandatory ethics training courses every four years, subject to certain requirements.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawai‘i State Ethics Commission, Common Cause Hawaii, and four individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from one individual.

Your Committee finds that the Hawaii State Constitution requires all public officers and employees to exhibit the highest standards of ethical conduct. This measure will ensure that state legislators and employees are aware of current ethics laws to meet this high standard.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Clarifying that the purpose of this measure is to require the state ethics commission to establish not only online, but also live ethics training courses;

(2) Inserting an effective date of July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor, Culture and the Arts that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1475, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1475, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor, Culture and the Arts,

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair