STAND. COM. REP. NO.  214

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.B. No. 188

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Legislative Management, to which was referred H.B. No. 188 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONFLICTS OF INTEREST,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to prohibit state employees from taking official action directly affecting a business or undertaking in which an employee knows or has reason to know that a parent, sibling, or emancipated child has a substantial financial interest.

The State Ethics Commission; the League of Women Voters of Hawaii; and Common Cause Hawaii testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Clarifying that the financial interests of the individual shall not include the interests of a spouse or child; and

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Legislative Management that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 188, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 188, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Legislative Management,

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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair