CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 21-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: S.B. No. 2216

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

C.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 2216, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE ETHICS COMMISSION,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to clarify and modernize the way the State Ethics Commission provides advice and conducts investigations.

Your Committee on Conference finds that a key component of a proactive ethical framework is the ability for the State Ethics Commission to provide timely advice. Additionally, your Committee on Conference believes that modernizing the investigative process in statute will help to provide clarity and reduce the potential for misreading the process. This measure will therefore address the need for clarity in the advice-seeking process by providing public officials with a confidential and secure mechanism to request advice and make necessary house-keeping amendments to modernize the investigative process.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by making it effective upon its approval.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2216, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2216, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ DAVID A. TARNAS Co-Chair	____________________________ BRANDON J.C. ELEFANTE Chair
____________________________ DEE MORIKAWA Co-Chair