STAND. COM. REP. NO. 875

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2021

RE: H.B. No. 741

H.D. 2

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. 741, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ETHICS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require certain Hawaii State Ethics Commission records to be permanently retained, rather than retained for a period of four years from the date of filing.

Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Hawai‘i State Ethics Commission.

Your Committee finds that the permanent retention of records by the Hawaii State Ethics Commission is no longer an undue burden thanks to modern data retention technology, such as cloud storage and data warehouses. This measure will ensure transparency and historical accuracy by requiring the perpetual retention of certain lobbying records.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to upon its approval; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

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. 741, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 741, H.D. 2.

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

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair