STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 82
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2023
RE: H.B. No. 99
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2023
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 99 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LIMITING A CAMPAIGN'S ACCEPTANCE OF CASH CONTRIBUTIONS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to:
(1) Limit the amount of cash contributions a candidate, candidate committee, or noncandidate committee may accept from a single person during each election period to $100; and
(2) Require the candidate, candidate committee, or noncandidate committee to issue a receipt to the contributor and keep a record of the contribution.
Your Committee finds that this measure implements one of the recommendations made by the Commission to Improve Standards of Conduct established by the House of Representatives in House Resolution No. 9, Regular Session of 2022. Your Committee further finds that cash contributions to political campaigns can be difficult to trace. This measure would impose limitations similar to those placed on anonymous cash contributions, thereby making violations of campaign finance law easier to detect and prevent.
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. 99 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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____________________________ DAVID A. TARNAS, Chair |
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