STAND. COM. REP. NO. 776

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2021

RE: H.B. No. 1339

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1339 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO IMPEACHMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish requirements for instituting impeachment proceedings and grounds for impeachment of the Governor or Lieutenant Governor.

Your Committee did not receive any testimony on this measure.

Your Committee finds that the process by which a Governor or Lieutenant Governor may be removed from office should be clearly articulated and transparent. Your Committee further finds that it is prudent for the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Legislature to know the ground rules for such a process before any specific circumstance arises that creates an immediate need for it.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1339 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs,

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair