STAND. COM. REP. NO.  265

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 154

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Legislative Management, to which was referred H.B. No. 154 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LEGISLATIVE HEARINGS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to provide greater access to the legislative process by requiring both chambers of the Legislature to establish rules to enable the presentation of prerecorded video of oral testimony at legislative committee hearings.

The Hawaii Alliance of Nonprofit Organizations and a concerned individual supported this measure.  One concerned individual provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Removing the requirement that each chamber of the Legislature establish the procedures by rule;

     (2)  Clarifying that the presentation of testimony at legislative committee hearings via prerecorded videos is not limited to oral testimony; and

     (3)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2088, 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. 154, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 154, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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BERTRAND KOBAYASHI, Chair