STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1192

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.B. No. 126

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 126, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC CORRUPTION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to enhance the penalty for bribery offenses:

(1) Committed by elected or appointed public servants;

(2) Involving a pecuniary benefit valued at over $20,000; and

(3) Committed by repeat offenders.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Campaign Spending Commission, Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the City and County of Honolulu, Department of the Prosecuting Attorney of the County of Maui, and Honolulu Police Department. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of the Attorney General.

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. 126, 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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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair