STAND. COM. REP. NO. 840-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 124

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 124, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to require the Chief Election Officer to develop and distribute a voter information guide for all candidates running for state office, including candidates for the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Common Cause Hawaii. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance and Office of Elections.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 124, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair