HB 1849 Summary

• Requires redaction of all amounts reported in financial disclosure statements for non-paid volunteer members of specified state boards, commissions, and agencies.

• Removes board of regents members and board of education members from the list of positions whose financial disclosures are automatically public, making them subject to the new redaction requirement if they are unpaid volunteers.

• Applies redaction requirement to 17 specific state boards and commissions including the board of agriculture, public utilities commission, land use commission, and water resource management commission.

• Cites Act 230 (Session Laws of Hawaii 2014) as creating the public disclosure requirement that has allegedly reduced the pool of qualified candidates willing to serve on state boards and commissions.

• Takes effect upon approval.