Hawaii House Bill 1571 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 20 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-01-25 - Referred to JUD, FIN, referral sheet 1
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Repeals the standards 1) requiring a liberal interpretation of the state ethics code; and 2) allowing determinations of gifts law violations under the state ethics code based upon an inference of impropriety, to instead require a finding of actual intent to influence the recipient of the gift. Requires state ethics commission advisory opinions to be approved and signed by a majority of the commission members. Requires that two of the five members of the state ethics commission be appointed by each chamber of the legislature.

State Ethics Commission; State Ethics Code; Gifts Law

Rep. Isaac Choy [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-01-25	House	Referred to JUD, FIN, referral sheet 1
2016-01-20	House	Introduced and Pass First Reading.
2016-01-14	House	Prefiled.

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1571&year=2016
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2016/bills/HB1571_.HTM