HI HB779 | 2010 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on March 10 2009 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session.
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Summary

Enacts Uniform Foreign Country Money Judgments Recognition Act and in so doing, replaces and updates similar law codified as chapter 658C, HRS. Updates former law by, among other things, allocating burden of proof with respect to application of law, setting out procedure for obtaining recognition of foreign country money judgments, expanding grounds for denying recognition and allocating burden of proof to do so. Establishes statute of limitations.

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Title

Uniform Foreign Country Money Judgments Recognition Act

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History

DateChamberAction
2009-05-11 Carried over to 2010 Regular Session.
2009-03-12 (S) Referred to JGO.
2009-03-12 (S) Passed First Reading.
2009-03-12 (S) Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 151).
2009-03-10 (H) Passed Third Reading with none voting no (0) and Takai excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.
2009-03-06 (H) Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 820), recommending passage on Third Reading.
2009-02-27 (H) The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) M. Oshiro, M. Lee, Aquino, Awana, Brower, Choy, Har, Keith-Agaran, C. Lee, Nishimoto, Sagum, Wooley, Yamashita, Pine, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Coffman, Tokioka.
2009-02-24 (H) Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 02-27-09 3:00pm in House conference room 308.
2009-02-12 (H) Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no (0) and Takai excused (1).
2009-02-11 (H) Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 202), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
2009-02-03 (H) The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 12 Ayes: Representative(s) Karamatsu, Ito, Cabanilla, Carroll, Herkes, Luke, Mizuno, B. Oshiro, Souki, Tsuji, Marumoto, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, McKelvey, Morita, Wakai.
2009-01-30 (H) Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Tuesday, 02-03-09 2:00PM in House conference room 325.
2009-01-26 (H) Referred to JUD, FIN, referral sheet 2
2009-01-26 (H) Introduced and Pass First Reading.
2009-01-23 (H) Pending introduction.

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