Hawaii House Bill 124 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Enrolled on April 14 2015 - 75% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2015-04-20 - Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 641).
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Requires the office of elections to implement elections by mail in a county with a population of less than 100,000, beginning with the 2016 primary election; and in each county with a population of less than 500,000, beginning with the 2018 primary election. Beginning in 2020, requires all federal, state, and county primary, special primary, general, special general, and special elections to be conducted by mail. Provides places of deposit for personal delivery of mail-in ballots and ensures a limited number of voter service centers in each county to remain open on the day of election to allow voters with special needs to vote and receive personal delivery of absentee, permanent absentee, and mail-in ballots. Makes conforming amendments. Requires annual reports on implementation. Appropriates funds for the implementation and administration of the election-by-mail system. Takes effect 01/07/2059. (SD2)

Elections; Voting; Elections by Mail; Absentee Voting; Appropriation ($)

Rep. Joseph Souki [D]

Rep. Sylvia Luke [D]

Sen. Karl Rhoads [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-04-20	House	Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 641).
2015-04-20	Senate	Senate Conferees Appointed: Keith-Agaran Chair; Tokuda Co-Chair; Gabbard, Kouchi, Shimabukuro.
2015-04-20	Senate	Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 617).
2015-04-20	House	House Conferees Appointed: Rhoads, DeCoite Co-Chairs; C. Lee, McDermott.
2015-04-17	Senate	Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 616).
2015-04-16	House	House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
2015-04-14	House	Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 507) in amended form (SD 2).
2015-04-14	Senate	Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Slom). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
2015-04-10	Senate	48 Hrs. Notice 04-14-15.
2015-04-10	Senate	Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1550) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
2015-04-02	Senate	The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 8 Aye(s): Senator(s) Tokuda, Kouchi, Chun Oakland, Dela Cruz, English, Inouye, Riviere, Ruderman; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) Galuteria, Harimoto, Slom.
2015-03-31	Senate	The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-02-15 9:00AM in conference room 211.
2015-03-27	Senate	Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
2015-03-27	Senate	Reported from JDL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1103) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
2015-03-24	Senate	The committee(s) on JDL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDL were as follows: 6 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keith-Agaran, Shimabukuro, Espero, Gabbard, Ihara, L. Thielen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Slom.
2015-03-20	Senate	The committee(s) on JDL has scheduled a public hearing on 03-24-15 9:00AM in conference room 016.
2015-03-12	Senate	Referred to JDL, WAM.
2015-03-12	Senate	Passed First Reading.
2015-03-12	Senate	Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 145).
2015-03-10	House	Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Fukumoto Chang, Keohokalole, LoPresti, Matsumoto, Ward voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.
2015-03-06	House	Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-10-15.
2015-03-06	House	Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 812) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
2015-02-27	House	The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Nishimoto, Cachola, Cullen, DeCoite, Johanson, Jordan, Keohokalole, Kobayashi, Lowen, Onishi, Yamashita, Pouha; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Ward; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Tokioka.
2015-02-24	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 02-27-15 1:30PM in House conference room 308.
2015-02-20	House	Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Ito excused (1).
2015-02-20	House	Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 563) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
2015-02-17	House	The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 12 Ayes: Representative(s) Rhoads, San Buenaventura, Brower, Creagan, Hashem, C. Lee, Morikawa, Nakashima, Takayama, Woodson, McDermott, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Kawakami.
2015-02-13	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Tuesday, 02-17-15 2:00PM in House conference room 325.
2015-01-26	House	Referred to JUD, FIN, referral sheet 1
2015-01-23	House	Introduced and Passed First Reading
2015-01-22	House	Pending introduction.

SB219 (Same As) 2015-02-10 - The committee on JDL deferred the measure.

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=124&year=2015
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2015/bills/HB124_.HTM
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2015/bills/HB124_HD1_.HTM
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2015/bills/HB124_HD2_.HTM
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2015/bills/HB124_SD1_.HTM
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2015/bills/HB124_SD2_.HTM