STAND. COM. REP. NO. 843-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 1883

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 Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1883, 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 require the exterior of the envelope containing a ballot package for elections by mail to include instructions on how to obtain language translation services in Hawaiian and certain other non-English languages.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawai‘i Friends of Civil Rights, Hawai‘i Coalition for Immigrant Rights, League of Women Voters of Hawaii, Common Cause Hawaii, Hawai‘i Public Health Institute, Hawai‘i Alliance for Progressive Action, and six individuals. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Office of Elections and City and County of Honolulu Elections Division.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1883, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair