STAND. COM. REP. NO. 688-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 1880

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 1880 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to reschedule the post-election assembly of presidential electors to the first Tuesday after the second Wednesday in December next following their election.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of Elections.

Your Committee finds that the United States Congress enacted the Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act of 2022, which changed the convening date of the Electoral College from Monday to Tuesday. This measure is a housekeeping measure to conform with federal law regarding the date of the convening of the Electoral College.

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. 1880 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