Hawaii House Bill 626 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on July 6 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-07-06 - (S) Act 207, 7/3/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1310).
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Enacts Uniform Collaborative Law Act, which authorizes disputants to enter into collaborative law participation agreements signifying interest to resolve the dispute without intervention of a tribunal (court or other third party decision maker). Requires parties to a collaborative law process to disclose information fully, candidly, and informally without formal discovery. Subject to certain exceptions, disqualifies attorneys in the collaborative process (and their law firms) from appearing before a tribunal to represent a party in a proceeding related to the collaborative matter. (SD1)

Uniform Collaborative Law Act

Rep. Cindy Evans [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-07-06		(S) Act 207, 7/3/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1310).
2012-07-06		(H) Act 207, on 7/3/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1310).
2012-04-23		(S) Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 644).
2012-04-20		(H) Transmitted to Governor.
2012-04-20		(H) Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Saiki excused (1).
2012-04-20		(H) House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
2012-04-20		(S) Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 633).
2012-04-19		(H) Reconsideration of action taken on 04-12-12
2012-04-17		(H) Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 758).
2012-04-17		(S) Senate Conferees appointed: Hee, Chair; Shimabukuro, Co-Chair(s); Slom.
2012-04-13		(S) Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 547).
2012-04-12		(H) House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
2012-04-10		(H) Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 519) in amended form (SD 1).
2012-04-10		(S) Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
2012-04-05		(S) Deferred until 04-10-12.
2012-04-03		(S) 48 Hrs. Notice 04-05-12.
2012-04-03		(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
2012-04-03		(S) Reported from JDL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3143) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
2012-03-19		(S) The committee(s) on JDL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDL were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Hee, Shimabukuro, Ihara, Slom; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard.
2012-03-15		(S) The committee(s) on JDL has scheduled a public hearing on 03-19-12 10:00AM in conference room 016.
2012-03-08		(S) Referred to JDL.
2012-03-08		(S) Passed First Reading.
2012-03-08		(S) Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 46).
2012-03-06		(H) Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Hanohano voting no (1) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.
2012-03-02		(H) Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 854-12), recommending passage on Third Reading.
2012-02-24		(H) The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Oshiro, M. Lee, Choy, Cullen, Giugni, Har, Hashem, Ichiyama, Jordan, C. Lee, Yamashita, Marumoto, Riviere; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Kawakami, Morikawa, Tokioka, Ward.
2012-02-21		(H) Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 02-24-12 4:30PM in House conference room 308.
2012-02-17		(H) Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Herkes, M. Lee excused (2).
2012-02-17		(H) Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 533-12), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
2012-02-13		(H) The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Keith-Agaran, Rhoads, Brower, Herkes, Luke, Souki, Tsuji, Fontaine, Marumoto, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 5 Excused: Representative(s) Cabanilla, Carroll, Coffman, Ito, McKelvey.
2012-02-10		(H) Bill scheduled for decision making on Monday, 02-13-12 2:05PM in conference room 325.
2012-02-10		(H) The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-13-12.
2012-02-08		(H) Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Friday, 02-10-12 2:00PM in House conference room 325.
2011-12-01		Carried over to 2012 Regular Session.
2011-02-10		(H) The committee(s) recommends that the measure be deferred.
2011-02-07		(H) Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Thursday, 02-10-11 2:00PM in House conference room 325.
2011-01-24		(H) Referred to JUD, FIN, referral sheet 1
2011-01-24		(H) Introduced and Pass First Reading.
2011-01-21		(H) Pending introduction.

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=626
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2012/Bills/HB626_.HTM
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2012/CommReports/HB626_HSCR533-12_.HTM
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2012/CommReports/HB626_HSCR854-12_.HTM
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2012/Bills/HB626_SD1_.HTM
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2012/CommReports/HB626_SD1_SSCR3143_.HTM