STAND. COM. REP. NO. 937-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 1881

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 H.B. No. 1881 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to update the maximum administrative fines allowed for violations of state laws regarding standards of conduct, including the State Ethics Code, and lobbying.

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

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

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 H.B. No. 1881, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1881, H.D. 1.

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

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair