Bill Text: HI SB70 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Sunshine Law; Legislative Requirements
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-12-01 - Carried over to 2012 Regular Session. [SB70 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2012-SB70-Introduced.html
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to legislative sunshine provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. The purpose of this Act is to require the legislature to follow certain fundamental principles of the sunshine law in conducting its business, including:
(1) Requiring each legislative house to conduct a public hearing on proposed rules prior to adoption;
(2) Requiring that correspondence, including governor's messages, submitted on a measure be considered as testimony on the measure;
(3) Instituting a forty-eight-hour public notice requirement, excluding Sundays and state holidays, for public hearings to ensure reasonable opportunity for public input and testimony on legislation;
(4) Requiring that all floor votes, except on first reading, be printed on the order of the day before consideration; and
(5) Requiring a majority vote to suspend a legislative rule.
SECTION 2. Chapter 92, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new part to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
"Part . LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS
§92- Testimony and public notice. (a) Public notice shall be provided forty-eight hours before a public hearing. The forty-eight-hour period shall exclude Sundays and state holidays. A public hearing shall be conducted on all major substantive provisions in legislation to be adopted.
(b) All correspondence submitted on a measure, including governor's messages, shall be considered as testimony on that measure.
§92- Rules of the legislature. After a public hearing, each legislative house shall adopt official rules and policies by a majority vote. A majority vote shall be taken before suspending any legislative rule.
§92- Agenda and voting. All items to be voted on by each legislative house, except for first reading votes on bills, shall be printed on the order of the day before consideration, including votes to agree to amendments from the other house."
SECTION 3. Section 92-10, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§92-10 Legislative branch;
applicability. Notwithstanding any provisions contained in this chapter to
the contrary, open meeting requirements, and provisions regarding enforcement,
penalties, and sanctions, as they are to relate to the state legislature
or to any of its members shall be [such as shall be] as from time
to time prescribed by the respective rules and procedures of the senate and the
house of representatives, which rules and procedures shall take precedence over
this part[.], except as provided in part of
this chapter. Similarly, provisions relating to notice, agenda and minutes
of meetings, and [such] other requirements as may be necessary, shall also
be governed by the respective rules and procedures of the senate and the house
of representatives."
SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Sunshine Law; Legislative Requirements
Description:
Requires the legislature to follow fundamental principles of the sunshine law, including: conducting public hearings on legislative rules; requiring correspondence on measures to be considered testimony; giving a forty-eight-hour public notice for public hearings and requiring a majority vote to suspend legislative rules.
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