CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 23

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2015

RE:    H.B. No. 179

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir and Madam:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 179, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PERMANENT ABSENTEE BALLOTS,"

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 specify that the forwarding address for absentee ballots to be permanently mailed shall be the mailing address in the county that is contained in the voter's registration.  A voter seeking to have permanent absentee ballots forwarded to another address shall reapply for an absentee ballot.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure to remove the clarifying provision that the forwarding mailing address is required to be in the county that is contained in the voter's registration.  Instead, the forwarding mailing address shall be the voter's in-state mailing address.

     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 H.B. No. 179, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 179, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN, Chair	____________________________ KARL RHOADS, Chair
____________________________ MAILE S.L. SHIMABUKURO, Co-Chair