STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1394

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: S.B. No. 627

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 627 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to allow candidates seeking election to use campaign funds for child care and vital household dependent care costs under certain conditions.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Campaign Spending Commission, Vote Mama Foundation, AAUW of Hawaii, Hawai‘i Children's Action Network Speaks!, Hawaii State Democratic Women's Caucus, and two individuals.

Your Committee finds that this measure would allow for all parents to have support for child care while campaigning and as a result strengthen access to democracy for everyday parents and caregivers.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 627, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 627, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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DAVID A. TARNAS, Chair