Hawaii House Bill 1248 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on June 28 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-06-28 - Act 136, 06/25/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1238).
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Enacts voting by mail uniformly across all counties for all elections commencing in 2020. Establishes a limited number of voter service centers that would remain open from the tenth business day preceding an election through the day of the election to receive personal delivery of mail-in ballots, accommodate voters with special needs, offer same day registration and voting, and provide other election services. Allows for additional places of deposit for personal delivery of mail-in ballots. Appropriates funds for the implementation and administration of the election by mail program. Requires the Office of Elections to submit a report to the legislature before the convening of each regular session from 2020 through 2025, regarding the implementation of a vote by mail system. (HB1248 CD1)

Relating To Elections.

Rep. Scott Saiki [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-06-28	Senate	Act 136, 06/25/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1238).
2019-06-28	House	Act 136, on 06/25/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1238).
2019-05-01	House	Transmitted to Governor.
2019-05-02	Senate	Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 883).
2019-05-01	House	Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 968).
2019-04-30	House	Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Ward voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Matsumoto, Okimoto voting no (2) and none excused (0).
2019-04-30	Senate	Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
2019-04-26	Senate	48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-19.
2019-04-26	Senate	Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 154).
2019-04-26	House	Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-30-19.
2019-04-26	House	Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 154) as amended in (CD 1).
2019-04-23	Senate	The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Rhoads, Keith-Agaran, Kim; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Fevella; and 0 Excused: none.
2019-04-23	House	The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, Luke, Cullen, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
2019-04-18	House	Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Tuesday 04-23-19 3:01PM in conference room 325.
2019-04-17	House	Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-18-19 3:35PM in conference room 325.
2019-04-16	House	Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 902).
2019-04-16	Senate	Senate Conferees Appointed: K. Rhoads Chair; Keith-Agaran Co-Chair; Kim, Fevella.
2019-04-15	Senate	Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 808).
2019-04-15	House	House Conferees Appointed: C. Lee, Luke Co-Chairs; Cullen, Thielen.
2019-04-12	Senate	Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 804).
2019-04-11	House	House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
2019-04-09	House	Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 840) in amended form (SD 2).
2019-04-09	Senate	Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Fevella). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Kidani). Transmitted to House.
2019-04-05	Senate	48 Hrs. Notice 04-09-19.
2019-04-05	Senate	Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2015) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
2019-04-04	Senate	The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 9 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, Inouye, K. Kahele, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Riviere, Shimabukuro; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 4 Excused: Senator(s) English, Harimoto, Taniguchi, Fevella.
2019-04-01	Senate	The committee(s) on WAM has scheduled a public hearing on 04-04-19 1:40PM in conference room 211.
2019-03-22	Senate	Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
2019-03-22	Senate	Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1377) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
2019-03-14	Senate	The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Rhoads, Wakai, Gabbard, Kim; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.
2019-03-11	Senate	The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 03-14-19 9:30AM in conference room 016.
2019-03-05	Senate	Referred to JDC, WAM.
2019-03-05	Senate	Passed First Reading.
2019-03-05	Senate	Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 273).
2019-03-01	House	Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Matsumoto, Okimoto, Ward voting no (3) and Representative(s) DeCoite excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.
2019-03-01	House	Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 971), recommending passage on Third Reading.
2019-02-20	House	The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Hashimoto; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Todd.
2019-02-16	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 02-21-19 1:30PM in House conference room 308.
2019-02-15	House	Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Okimoto voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Aquino, DeCoite, Nakamura, Quinlan, Thielen excused (5).
2019-02-15	House	Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 755) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
2019-02-08	House	The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, San Buenaventura, Brower, Creagan, Lowen, Morikawa, Say, Takayama, Yamane; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) McKelvey, Thielen.
2019-02-05	House	Bill scheduled for decision making on Friday, 02-08-19 2:00PM in conference room 325.
2019-02-01	House	The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-08-19.
2019-01-31	House	Bill scheduled for decision making on Friday, 02-01-19 2:01PM in conference room 325.
2019-01-31	House	The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-01-19.
2019-01-29	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Thursday, 01-31-19 2:00PM in House conference room 325.
2019-01-28	House	Referred to JUD, FIN, referral sheet 6
2019-01-24	House	Introduced and Pass First Reading.
2019-01-23	House	Pending introduction.

SB560 (Same As) 2019-03-07 - Referred to JUD, FIN, referral sheet 27

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1248&year=2019
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB1248_.HTM
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB1248_HD1_.HTM
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB1248_SD1_.HTM
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB1248_SD2_PROPOSED_.HTM
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB1248_SD2_.HTM
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB1248_CD1_.HTM