Hawaii Senate Bill 2101 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on March 8 2016 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-03-10 - Referred to JUD, FIN, referral sheet 26
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Establishes small claims division's exclusive jurisdiction of cases for amounts of $1,000 or less. Allows plaintiff to request removal of small claims cases to be heard in ordinary procedures of the district court when counterclaim is filed. Allows a plaintiff to file cases in either the small claims division or regular claims division of district court if the plaintiff is represented by an attorney. Prohibits the award of attorney's fees in cases for amounts of $1,000 or less exclusive of interests and costs if the plaintiff is represented by an attorney and the district court has concurrent jurisdiction with the small claims division of district court. Takes effect 1/1/2017. (SD1)

Judiciary Package; District Court; Small Claims Division; Jurisdiction; Attorney's Fees

Sen. Ronald Kouchi [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-10	House	Referred to JUD, FIN, referral sheet 26
2016-03-10	House	Pass First Reading
2016-03-08	House	Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 100) in amended form (SD 1).
2016-03-08	Senate	Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Riviere). Transmitted to House.
2016-03-04	Senate	Deferred until 03-08-16.
2016-03-03	Senate	One Day Notice 03-04-16.
2016-03-03	Senate	Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2651) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
2016-02-24	Senate	The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 10 Aye(s): Senator(s) Tokuda, Dela Cruz, Chun Oakland, English, Galuteria, Inouye, Riviere, Taniguchi, Wakai, Slom; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Harimoto.
2016-02-22	Senate	The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-24-16 1:00PM in conference room 211.
2016-02-19	Senate	Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
2016-02-19	Senate	Reported from JDL/CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2391) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
2016-02-12	Senate	The committee(s) on JDL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDL were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keith-Agaran, Gabbard, Kim, L. Thielen, Slom; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Shimabukuro.
2016-02-12	Senate	The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPH were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Espero, Nishihara, Slom; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Ihara ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Kidani, Ruderman.
2016-02-02	Senate	The committee(s) on JDL/CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 02-12-16 9:30AM in conference room 016.
2016-01-21	Senate	Referred to JDL/CPH, WAM.
2016-01-21	Senate	Passed First Reading.
2016-01-21	Senate	Introduced.

HB1648 (Same As) 2016-01-25 - Referred to JUD, FIN, referral sheet 1

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2101&year=2016
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2016/bills/SB2101_.HTM
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2016/bills/SB2101_SD1_.HTM