Hawaii Senate Bill 509 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-1)
Status: Engrossed on March 10 2015 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-12 - Referred to JUD, FIN, referral sheet 30
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Requires the attorney general to prepare a statement for each proposed constitutional amendment in plain English that indicates the purpose, limitations, and effects of the proposed amendment. Requires the attorney general to distribute each statement to the state office of elections and all county clerks for further distribution. Requires the office of elections and county clerks to make each statement available to the public in all physical or online sites where they make proposed constitutional amendment questions available to the public. Effective 01/07/2059. (SD1)

Attorney General; Statement for Proposed Constitutional Amendments

Sen. Laura Thielen [D]	Sen. Mike Gabbard [D]	Sen. Michelle Kidani [D]	Sen. Russell Ruderman [D]
Sen. Donovan Cruz [D]	Sen. Kalani English [D]	Sen. William Espero [D]	Sen. Les Ihara [D]
Sen. Lorraine Inouye [D]	Sen. Gil Keith-agaran [D]	Sen. Maile Shimabukuro [D]	Sen. Sam Slom [R]
Sen. Brian Taniguchi [D]	Sen. Glenn Wakai [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
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. 147) in amended form (SD 1).
2015-03-10	Senate	Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Shimabukuro). Transmitted to House.
2015-03-05	Senate	48 Hrs. Notice 03-10-15.
2015-03-05	Senate	Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
2015-03-05	Senate	Reported from JDL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 607) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
2015-02-13	Senate	The committee(s) on JDL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDL were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keith-Agaran, Shimabukuro, Espero, Ihara, L. Thielen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard, Slom.
2015-02-06	Senate	The committee(s) on JDL has scheduled a public hearing on 02-13-15 9:00AM in conference room 016.
2015-01-26	Senate	Referred to JDL.
2015-01-26	Senate	Passed First Reading.
2015-01-23	Senate	Introduced.

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=509&year=2015
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2015/bills/SB509_.HTM
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2015/bills/SB509_SD1_.HTM