Hawaii House Bill 31 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 19 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-11-30 - Carried over to 2018 Regular Session.
Pending: House Labor & Public Employment 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 2 of the 5 members of the state ethics commission be appointed by each chamber of the legislature.

Relating To Governmental Standards Of Conduct.

Rep. Isaac Choy [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-11-30		Carried over to 2018 Regular Session.
2017-01-23	House	Referred to LAB, JUD, referral sheet 1
2017-01-19	House	Pass First Reading
2017-01-18	House	Pending introduction.

HB31 (Carry Over) 2017-01-23 - Referred to LAB, JUD, referral sheet 1

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=31&year=2018
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/HB31_.HTM