Hawaii Senate Bill 578 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: Introduced on January 23 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-01-26 - Referred to JDL, WAM.
Pending: Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Enable the office of elections to implement elections by mail in any interested county, beginning with the 2016 primary election. By 2018, requires all federal, state, and county primary, special primary, general, special general, and special elections to be conducted by mail. Enables absentee walk-in voting to continue prior to election day. Ensures limited polling sites in each county remain open on election day for absentee walk-in voting and to receive mail-in ballots. Appropriates funds for the implementation and administration of the election by mail program.

Elections; Voting; Elections by Mail; Absentee Voting; Appropriation

Sen. Russell Ruderman [D]	Sen. William Espero [D]	Sen. Josh Green [D]	Sen. Lorraine Inouye [D]
Sen. Rosalyn Baker [D]	Sen. Brickwood Galuteria [D]	Sen. Breene Harimoto [D]	Sen. Gil Keith-agaran [D]
Sen. Gil Riviere [D]	Sen. Laura Thielen [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-01-26	Senate	Referred to JDL, WAM.
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=578&year=2015
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2015/bills/SB578_.HTM