CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 83-18

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2018

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2154

       H.D. 1

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

 

Sirs:

 

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 2154, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ORGANIZATIONAL REPORTS OF NONCANDIDATE COMMITTEES,"

 

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

 

     The purpose of this measure is to repeal the requirement that noncandidate committee organizational reports include information regarding contributors and contributions.

 

     Your Committee on Conference finds that noncandidate committee organizational reports contain directory-type information related to the composition of the committee.  Noncandidate committees are already required to disclose their contributions in periodic disclosure reports as required by the Hawaii Revised Statutes.  Removing the requirement that noncandidate committees redundantly disclose their contributions in the organizational report will make the organizational reports more efficient without sacrificing the public's access to contribution information.

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2018.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2154, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2154, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

 

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

 

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

 

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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO

Chair

 

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI

Chair