STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2156-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.C.R. No. 192

S.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 S.C.R. No. 192, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE OFFICE OF INFORMATION PRACTICES TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF DELIBERATIVE AND PRE-DECISIONAL AGENCY RECORDS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Office of Information Practices to convene a working group to develop recommendations for the treatment of deliberative and pre-decisional agency records.

Your Committee received testimony in support from the State of Hawaii Office of Information Practices, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Department of Transportation, Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, and Common Cause Hawaii. Your Committee received testimony in opposition of this measure from the Aina Hina Community Association. Your Committee received comments from the League of Women Voters (LWV), Civil Beat Law Center for the Public Interest, Hawaii Chapter Society of Professional Journalists, and the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii.

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 concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 192, S.D. 1, and recommends its adoption.

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

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair