STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1758-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: S.B. No. 2217

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2217, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO REPORTING PERIODS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to increase uniformity, efficiency, and effectiveness in the administration and enforcement of the State Ethics Code and lobbyists law by:

(1) Establishing a phased process for adjusting the reporting period for gift disclosures filed with the State Ethics Commission to conform with the state fiscal year; and

(2) Providing for the electronic filing of statements required by the State Ethics Commission.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaiʻi State Ethics Commission.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2217, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair