STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1157

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 99

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, 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 and intent of this measure is to limit to $100 the total amount of cash a candidate, candidate committee, or noncandidate committee may accept from a single person during each election period.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Campaign Spending Commission, Commission to Improve Standards of Conduct, and two individuals.

Your Committee finds that cash contributions are difficult to trace. Your Committee further finds that there should be a cap on the amount of cash that a candidate, candidate committee, or noncandidate committee may accept in an election year. This measure will make violations of certain campaign finance law violations easier to detect and prevent.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary 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,

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KARL RHOADS, Chair