STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3359

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.R. No. 168

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Public Safety and Intergovernmental and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.R. No. 168 entitled:

"SENATE RESOLUTION APPLYING TO THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO CALL AN ARTICLE V CONVENTION TO PROPOSE CERTAIN LIMITED AMENDMENTS TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to apply to the United States Congress to call an Article V Convention to propose certain limited amendments to the United States Constitution.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Convention of States Action, Convention of States Action Hawaii, and two individuals.

Your Committee finds that the concentration of power at the federal level has made federal officials less responsive to the will of the people and more readily influenced by lobbyists, wealthy corporations, and special interest groups. Your Committee further finds that policy decisions made at the state level may be more responsive to the people's needs. This measure will restore the responsiveness of the federal government to the people and restrain federal abuses of power by applying for a convention in accordance with Article V of the United States Constitution to propose amendments to the Constitution.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety and Intergovernmental and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 168 and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety and Intergovernmental and Military Affairs,

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GLENN WAKAI, Chair