STAND. COM. REP. NO.  565-22

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2022

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1880

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Government Reform, to which was referred H.B. No. 1880 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONEERING COMMUNICATIONS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to require a person to file a statement of information with the Campaign Spending Commission within twenty-four hours of every expenditure for an electioneering communication.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Campaign Spending Commission and Common Cause Hawaii.

 

     Your Committee finds that eliminating the spending threshold that would trigger the requirement that a person file a statement of information with the Campaign Spending Commission for an electioneering communication further increases transparency and accountability in the elections process.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2112, to encourage further discussion.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Government Reform that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1880, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1880, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Government Reform,

 

 

 

 

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ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair