The state House of Representatives’ efforts to address corruption and win back public trust continued Wednesday with a committee hearing on 16 measures proposed by the Commission to Improve Standards of Conduct and adopting changes to House rules.
What You Need To Know
The House Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs ultimately recommended eight of the standards of conduct measures for passage on the second reading
The remaining eight bills were each deferred because similar bills had already passed the second or third readings in the House
The House also amended the Rules of the House of Representatives, including the operating procedures for the House Committee on Standards of Conduct and the House Administrative and Financial Manual
House Rules 29.1–29.3 and 62.5–62.6 incorporate committee recommendations relating to ethics reform, ethics disclosures, standards of conduct, and conflict of interest
