Hawaii Senate Bill 2239 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: Introduced on January 22 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-03-02 - The committee on JDL deferred the measure.
Pending: Senate Judiciary and Labor 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)

Sen. Gil Keith-agaran [D]	Sen. Donovan Cruz [D]	Sen. Brickwood Galuteria [D]	Sen. Lorraine Inouye [D]
Sen. Michelle Kidani [D]	Sen. Clarence Nishihara [D]	Sen. Maile Shimabukuro [D]	Sen. Glenn Wakai [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-02	Senate	The committee on JDL deferred the measure.
2016-02-10	Senate	The committee(s) on JDL deferred the measure until 03-02-16 10:00AM in conference room 016.
2016-02-05	Senate	The committee(s) on JDL added the measure to the public hearing scheduled on 02-10-16 9:00AM in conference room 016.
2016-01-29	Senate	Re-Referred to JDL.
2016-01-25	Senate	Referred to JDL, WAM.
2016-01-25	Senate	Passed First Reading.
2016-01-22	Senate	Introduced.

HB2139 (Same As) 2016-01-27 - Referred to JUD, FIN, referral sheet 2

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2239&year=2016
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2016/bills/SB2239_.HTM