STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3809

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 1881

H.D. 1

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 1881, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ADMINISTRATIVE FINES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to update the maximum administrative fine amounts for violations of laws relating to standards of conduct and lobbyists.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Hawaii State Ethics Commission.

Your Committee finds that Hawaii currently has one of the lowest administrative fines for ethics violations in the United States. Your Committee further finds that increasing the maximum fine amount will help to increase the public's confidence in government institutions.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1881, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair