KA ‘AHA KENEKOA
THE THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2023
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Senator Karl Rhoads, Chair |
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Senator Mike Gabbard, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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Thursday, March 16, 2023 |
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10:30 AM |
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Conference Room 016 & Videoconference State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
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RELATING TO PARENTAGE. Enacts portions of the Uniform Parentage Act of 2017 to replace the Uniform Parentage Act of 1973. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
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RELATING TO FALSE CLAIMS. Makes it a class C felony to make false, fictitious, or fraudulent claims against the State or a county, or any of their departments or agencies. Disqualifies a person convicted of making a false, fictitious, or fraudulent claim from receiving public financing for elections for a period of ten years. (HD1)
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RELATING TO FRAUD. Establishes the offense of fraud as a class B felony. Disqualifies a person charged with fraud from receiving public financing for elections for a period of ten years. (HD1)
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RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FUNDS. Disallows the use of campaign funds to purchase up to two tickets for an event or fundraiser held by another candidate or committee. (HD1)
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RELATING TO COMPLAINTS ALLEGING VIOLATIONS OF CAMPAIGN SPENDING LAWS. Allows the campaign spending commission to treat a respondent's failure to explain or otherwise respond to a complaint alleging a violation of campaign spending laws as a rebuttable presumption that a violation has occurred. (HD1)
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RELATING TO GOVERNMENT FRAUD. Adds a new section to chapter 708, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to establish the class C felony offense of government fraud.
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RELATING TO OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT. Establishes the class C felony offense of official misconduct to prohibit a person, when in the person's official capacity, from acting or refraining from performing an official duty to obtain a benefit other than the person's lawful compensation or submitting or inviting reliance on any false statement, document, or record. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)
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Decision Making to follow, if time permits.
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_____________________________________ Senator Karl Rhoads Chair |
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