THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2006

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS

Senator Colleen Hanabusa, Chair

Senator Clayton Hee, Vice Chair

MEASURES DEFERRED TO FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2006

TIME:

9:00 a.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 229

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

(Deferred from Wednesday, February 22, 2006)

SB 623

RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE ETHICS.

Establishes a legislative ethics committee in each legislative house; enacts new conflict of interest provisions subject to enforcement by the respective legislative ethics committee; prohibits fundraising activities by legislators during all legislative sessions; broadens scope of financial disclosure.

JHW

SB 627

RELATING TO ETHICS.

Prohibits state board or commission members from doing business with their board. Prohibits public employees from taking actions that directly affect their families. Requires disclosure of financial interests for specified state board members, including the board of regents.

JHW

SB 994

RELATING TO ETHICS.

Provides that the financial disclosure requirements of the code of ethics applies to justices and judges.

JHW

SB 1061

RELATING TO GOVERNMENT.

Prohibits a lobbyist who lobbies the legislature, principal of a lobbyist, client or agent of lobbyist, and a political action committee on which the lobbyist sits from making a contribution to a member of the legislature, the governor, and lieutenant governor while the legislature is in session.

JHW

SB 1062

RELATING TO THE LEGISLATURE.

Requires the legislature to follow fundamental principles of the sunshine law, including conduct public hearings on legislative rules; deeming correspondence on measures to be testimony; 48-hour public notice for hearings; second and third reading votes in the order of the day; and majority vote to suspend legislative rules.

JHW

SB 1177

RELATING TO FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE.

Requires a legislator to disclose each source of annual income that is derived from a single source which is $25,000 or more, or that represents an amount equal to twenty-five per cent or more of the legislator's total annual income from all sources excluding legislative salary.

JHW

SB 1042

RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

Prohibits use of a registered voter's social security number on nomination papers filed in behalf of a candidate.

JHW

     

 

No testimony will be accepted.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6916.