Hawaii House Bill 2179 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 34-1)
Status: Introduced on January 22 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-01-26 - Referred to JUD, FIN, referral sheet 8
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Enacts voting by mail uniformly across all counties for all elections commencing in 2020, and allows any election to be conducted by mail prior to the 2020 primary election, in whole or in part, as determined by the chief election officer or county clerk, as appropriate. Establishes a limited number of voter service centers, with a minimum of two on each island with a population over 75,000, 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 prior to the convening of each regular session from 2019 through 2024, regarding the implementation of a vote by mail system. Takes effect on 1/1/2020.

Relating To Elections.

Rep. Kyle Yamashita [D]	Rep. Della au Belatti [D]	Rep. Tom Brower [D]	Rep. Romy Cachola [D]
Rep. Richard Creagan [D]	Rep. Lynn Decoite [D]	Rep. Cindy Evans [D]	Rep. Beth Fukumoto Chang [R]
Rep. Cedric Gates [D]	Rep. Mark Hashem [D]	Rep. Daniel Holt [D]	Rep. Linda Ichiyama [D]
Rep. Kaniela Ing [D]	Rep. Ken Ito [D]	Rep. Aaron Johanson [D]	Rep. Sam Kong [D]
Sen. Chris Lee [D]	Rep. Matthew Lopresti [D]	Rep. Nicole Lowen [D]	Sen. Angus McKelvey [D]
Rep. John Mizuno [D]	Rep. Daynette Morikawa [D]	Rep. Nadine Nakamura [D]	Rep. Scott Nishimoto [D]
Rep. Takashi Ohno [D]	Rep. Richard Onishi [D]	Rep. Scott Saiki [D]	Rep. Calvin Say [D]
Rep. Joseph Souki [D]	Rep. Gregg Takayama [D]	Rep. Roy Takumi [D]	Rep. James Tokioka [D]
Rep. Justin Woodson [D]	Rep. Ryan Yamane [D]	Rep. Lei Learmont [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-26	House	Referred to JUD, FIN, referral sheet 8
2018-01-22	House	Introduced and Pass First Reading.
2018-01-19	House	Pending introduction.

SB2616 (Same As) 2018-01-24 - Referred to JDC, WAM.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2179&year=2018
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/HB2179_.HTM