HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE

INTERIM OF 2022

 

COMMISSION TO IMPROVE STANDARDS OF CONDUCT

Judge Daniel R. Foley (Ret.), Chair

 

Robert D. Harris

Barbara C. Marumoto

Kristin E. Izumi-Nitao

Nikos Leverenz

Janet Mason

Florence T. Nakakuni

 

 

NOTICE OF MEETING

 

DATE:

Wednesday, October 19, 2022

TIME:

2:00 p.m.

PLACE:

VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE
Conference Room 309

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

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A G E N D A

 

I.                    Call to Order/Roll Call

II.                 Approval of Minutes from October 5, 2022

III.               Public Testimony

IV.              Consideration of CISC Draft Bills Related to Campaign Finance Reform

 

a.       Increasing administrative fines for Super PACs (HRS §11-410)

b.      Processing Campaign Spending Commission’s final orders of violations (HRS §11-410)

c.       Publishing the names of candidate committees and noncandidate committees who fail to file their Organizational Reports (HRS §11-322 & §11-323)

d.      Requiring candidate committees and noncandidate committees to file fundraiser notices for all fundraisers regardless of amount (HRS §11-342)

e.       Banning elected officials from soliciting or accepting campaign contributions during legislative session (HRS §11-357)

f.        Limiting cash contributions to $100 (HRS §11-351)

g.      Expanding the government contractor ban by including state and county grantees in the ban as well as the officers, employees, and their immediate family, of the government contractor and government grantee (HRS §11-355)

 

h.      Service of Preliminary Determination of Probable Cause orders (HRS §11-405)

i.        Campaign Spending Commission complaints (HRS §11-403)

j.        Eliminating the use of campaign funds to purchase up to 2 tickets for an event or fundraiser held by another candidate or committee (HRS §11-381)

1.      Proposed amendment by Common Cause of Hawaii and League of Women Voters – Eliminating the use of campaign funds to purchase up to 2 tickets for an event or fundraiser held by another candidate or committee as well as the use of campaign funds for charitable/community donations, public school/library donations, and full-time scholarship awards (HRS §11-381).  Also, eliminates ballot issue committees from returning surplus funds to charitable/community organizations as donations (HRS §11-327).

 

V.                 Consideration of CISC Draft Bills Deferred from Prior Meetings

 

a.       Recordings of Public Meetings (deferred from 10/5/22 meeting)

b.      Public Records Bills (deferred from 10/5/22 meeting)

c.       Elections Bill (deferred from 10/5/22 meeting)

 

VI.              Other Matters

 

VII.            Next Meetings

 

 

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Judge Daniel R. Foley (Ret.)

Chair