STAND. COM. REP. NO.  274-18

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2018

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2355

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2355 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PERSONAL PRIVACY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to exempt the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands records related to beneficiary loan applications, beneficiary vital records, and lease succession from disclosure and inspection requirements for public records.  Permits the Department to discuss such records in closed executive meetings exempt from Sunshine Law requirements.

 

     The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Hawaiian Affairs Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, Ocean Tourism Coalition, and Hawaiian Civic Club of Honolulu supported this measure.  The Office of Information Practices and The Civil Beat Law Center for the Public Interest offered comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to December 24, 2088, to promote further discussion.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2355, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2355, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ocean, Marine Resources, & Hawaiian Affairs,

 

 

 

 

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KANIELA ING, Chair