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Chair Tanya (Tarnas) opened consideration of SB 2530, SD2, a senate version that would prohibit certain political contributions by state contractors and large-grant recipients. Bonnie Kahakoi of the State Procurement Office recommended a timing amendment to require disclosure within 30 days of a fully executed contract. Christy Chang of the Campaign Spending Commission urged removing a limit that would exclude uncompensated officers and discussed implementation of a password‑protected filing section; Hawaii Alliance for Progressive Action (Aria Juliet Castillo) urged retaining the bill's cross
The Hawaii House Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs held a March 19 public hearing to consider multiple bills, including campaign finance restrictions for contractors, conflicts-of-interest standards, an immigration-advice position for the Office of the Public Defender, expansion of the Intermediate Court of Appeals, criminal-justice citation reforms, privacy measures for nonconsensual intimate-image disclosure, and rules for retention of biological evidence. Committee members heard testimony from state agencies, civil-rights groups, law-enforcement representatives, and national experts before moving many measures forward to decision making.
