Hawaii House Bill 2139 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on January 25 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-01-27 - Referred to JUD, FIN, referral sheet 2
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Proposes a constitutional amendment to require justices and judges be elected to serve six-year terms and be subject to the consent of the senate for subsequent judicial terms, authorize the governor and chief justice be authorized to make interim appointments for vacancies in the offices of the chief justice, supreme court, intermediate appellate court, and circuit courts, or district courts, respectively, and repeal the judicial selection commission. Ratification upon general election of 2018.

Constitutional Amendment; Justices and Judges; Election; Interim Appointments; Tenure; Judicial Selection Commission (ConAm)

Rep. Joseph Souki [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-01-27	House	Referred to JUD, FIN, referral sheet 2
2016-01-25	House	Introduced and Pass First Reading.
2016-01-22	House	Pending introduction.

SB2239 (Same As) 2016-03-02 - The committee on JDL deferred the measure.

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2139&year=2016
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2016/bills/HB2139_.HTM