Senate Committee on Judiciary and Labor (JDL) - chair: Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran, vice chair: Maile S.L. Shimabukuro

Tuesday, March 3, 2015, 9:00 a.m., Room 016

Testifier: Douglas Meller, Co Chair, Legislative Committee

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Chair Keith-Agaran, Vice-Chair Shimabukuro, and Committee Members: The League of Women Voters of Hawaii opposes SB 1210. The bill would authorize various groups of board members (but less than a quorum) to engage in serial private discussions until they had “counted noses” and felt ready to vote on board matters at a public meeting. The league does not believe that public board matters should be discussed in private, without public notice, as a series of discussions between groups of board members. The League believes that public board matters should be discussed in public, after public notice, by a quorum at board meetings. Thank you for the opportunity to present testimony.