HCR 57 Summary

• Requests the Legislative Reference Bureau to conduct a study on implementing audio and video technology for remote testimony at all state legislative hearings.

• Study should examine needs and costs associated with enabling Hawaii residents, particularly from neighbor islands, to provide oral testimony at legislative hearings without traveling to Oahu.

• Addresses financial hardship faced by neighbor island residents due to travel costs and the fast-paced legislative timetable that limits their participation in the democratic process.

• Requires the Legislative Reference Bureau to submit findings, recommendations, and any proposed legislation to the Legislature by December 1, 2018.