Action Alert: Call for Good Government Bills to be Scheduled

Feb 26

Good News! HB 370, a bill to increase the partial public funding program for campaigns. Please take a moment to mahalo the members of the House Committee on Finance for passing out HB 370.

Unfortunately a few other Good Government priorities have yet to be scheduled for their Finance Committee hearing. The deadline for bills to be heard in the final committee before crossover is this Friday, which means hearing notices need to come out by this evening.

Please contact the chair, vice-chair and any members of the committee you can to ask for a hearing. Send the email and/or make a phone call. Contact information for both committees are listed below.

House Finance Committee

Chair of House Committee on Finance: Representative Kyle Yamashita

Email: repyamashita@capitol.hawaii.gov

Phone: 808-586-6200

Please ask for a hearing for:

HB1425 - Continuous Legislative Session Working Group

HB772 - Ban Candidate to Candidate Contributions

HB322 - Automatic Voter Registration

Sample Email/ Call

Aloha Chair Yamashita,

My name is _____, from ________. Mahalo for passing HB 370 out of the Finance Committee. I am also reaching out to request that you schedule and support HB 1425, HB772 and HB322. These bills are critical in making the legislature more transparent, trustworthy and equitable. Please consider scheduling these bills. Mahalo!

Senate Ways and Means Committee

Chair of Senate Ways and Means; Senator Donovan Dela Cruz

Email: sendelacruz@capitol.hawaii.gov

Phone: 808-586-6090

Please ask for a hearing for:

SB1173 - PAC Expendicute Fee

SB809 - Contractor Loophole Ban

SB118 - CSC Inspector Position

Sample Email/ Call

Aloha Chair Dela Cruz,

My name is _____, from ________ and I am reaching out to request SB1173, SB809 and SB118. These bills are critical in making the legislature more transparent, trustworthy and equitable. Please consider scheduling these bills. Mahalo!"