STAND. COM. REP. NO. 609-26

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2026

RE: H.B. No. 2184

H.D. 1

Honorable Nadine K. Nakamura

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2026

State of Hawaii

Madame:

Your Committee on Legislative Management, to which was referred H.B. No. 2184 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LAWMAKER SAFETY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to prohibit the public disclosure of legislators' personal contact information in a voter's affidavit of registration, nomination papers, and electronic database for campaign committees.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii State Commission on the Status of Women; League of Women Voters of Hawaii; and seven individuals. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of the Attorney General; Campaign Spending Commission; and Hawaii Professional Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.

Your Committee finds that political violence is the antithesis of democracy because it subverts its foundational principles. Political violence stifles critical forms of public engagement and hinders free expression by replacing debate and discussion with threats and intimidation.

Your Committee further finds that the incidence of political violence against legislators in the United States is rising. This measure seeks to protect state legislators from political violence by limiting the availability of legislators' personal information.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Clarifying that the prohibition on the public disclosure of legislators' personal contact information in a voter's affidavit of registration, nomination papers, and electronic database for campaign committees extends to appointed legislators;

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

(3) 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 Legislative Management that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2184, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2184, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Legislative Management,

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SEAN QUINLAN, Chair