STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2718

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2741

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2741 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE COMMISSION TO PROMOTE UNIFORM LEGISLATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to provide a limited exemption for the Hawaii Commission to Promote Uniform Legislation from certain requirements of part I of chapter 92, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of the Attorney General, Hawaii's Commission to Promote Uniform Legislation, and five individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Office of Information Practices and Common Cause Hawaii.

Your Committee finds that the Hawaii Commission to Promote Uniform Legislation was created by law in 1911 and is Hawai‘i's delegation to the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (now commonly referred to as the "Uniform Law Commission"). One of the primary duties of the Hawaii Commission to Promote Uniform Legislation is to represent the State during the annual meeting of the Uniform Law Commission. The Hawaii Commission to Promote Uniform Legislation works on an annual basis with the Uniform Law Commission to select, draft, consider, and amend various legislation to be adopted by the Uniform Law Commission as uniform laws. Uniform laws have been used extensively by most state legislatures, including Hawai‘i. This measure would allow all Hawaii Commission to Promote Uniform Legislation members to actively work towards the goal of promoting uniformity of legislation in the State, without any limitation on the number of participating members.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2741 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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

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KARL RHOADS, Chair