Hawaii Senate Bill 243 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Engrossed on March 10 2015 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2015-03-25 - Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Ing, Luke excused (2).
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Clarifies that in the event of a natural disaster, the chief election officer or county clerk in the case of county elections prior to the commencement of the election has the authority to determine whether to postpone or vote by absentee ballot in an election affected by the natural disaster. Authorizes the governor upon commencement of the election and thereafter to determine whether to postpone or vote by absentee ballot in an election affected by the natural disaster unless the governor is a candidate for office in that election. Prohibits the public disclosure of voting results for any ballot contest or question from precincts affected by an election postponement. Chief election officer may withhold election results for precincts that were not affected by the natural disaster. (SB243 HD1)

Elections; Natural Disasters; Postponement; Absentee Ballots

Sen. Les Ihara [D]	Sen. Gil Keith-agaran [D]	Sen. Gilbert Kahele [D]	Sen. Russell Ruderman [D]
Sen. Brian Taniguchi [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-25	House	Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Ing, Luke excused (2).
2015-03-25	House	Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1089) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
2015-03-19	House	The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 12 Ayes: Representative(s) Rhoads, San Buenaventura, Belatti, Brower, Creagan, Hashem, C. Lee, Morikawa, Nakashima, Takayama, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Thielen; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Kawakami, Woodson.
2015-03-17	House	Bill re-scheduled to be heard by JUD on Thursday, 03-19-15 2:00PM in conference room 329.
2015-03-16	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Thursday, 03-19-15 2:00PM in House conference room 325.
2015-03-12	House	Referred to JUD, FIN, referral sheet 30
2015-03-12	House	Pass First Reading
2015-03-10	House	Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 90) in amended form (SD 1).
2015-03-10	Senate	Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Shimabukuro). Transmitted to House.
2015-03-06	Senate	One Day Notice 03-10-15.
2015-03-06	Senate	Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 717) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
2015-02-27	Senate	The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 11 Aye(s): Senator(s) Tokuda, Kouchi, Chun Oakland, Dela Cruz, English, Galuteria, Harimoto, Inouye, Riviere, Ruderman, Slom; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
2015-02-24	Senate	The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-27-15 9:00AM in conference room 211.
2015-02-13	Senate	Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
2015-02-13	Senate	Reported from JDL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 159) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
2015-02-04	Senate	The committee(s) on JDL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDL were as follows: 6 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keith-Agaran, Shimabukuro, Espero, Ihara, L. Thielen, Slom; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard.
2015-01-30	Senate	The committee(s) on JDL has scheduled a public hearing on 02-04-15 9:00AM in conference room 016.
2015-01-23	Senate	Referred to JDL, WAM.
2015-01-23	Senate	Passed First Reading.
2015-01-23	Senate	Introduced.

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=243&year=2015
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2015/bills/SB243_.HTM
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2015/bills/SB243_SD1_.HTM
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2015/bills/SB243_HD1_.HTM