HI SB615 | 2016 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: Engrossed on March 10 2015 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-12-17 - Carried over to 2016 Regular Session.
Pending: House Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]
Status: Engrossed on March 10 2015 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-12-17 - Carried over to 2016 Regular Session.
Pending: House Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]
Summary
Proposes a constitutional amendment to: (1) require written notice of an appointment to the Senate for advice and consent concurrent with the governor, judicial selection commission, or chief justice's making of the appointment; and (2) clarify that the senate's thirty day period to reject a judicial appointment begins on the senate's receipt of written notice of the governor's, chief justice's, or judicial selection commission's appointment. (SB615 HD1)
Title
Constitutional Amendment; Appointment of Justices and Judges; Written Notice (ConAm)
Sponsors
| Sen. Donna Kim [D] | Sen. Kalani English [D] | Sen. William Espero [D] | Sen. Josh Green [D] |
| Sen. Les Ihara [D] | Sen. Gil Keith-agaran [D] | Sen. Jill Tokuda [D] | Sen. Gilbert Kahele [D] |
| Sen. Brian Taniguchi [D] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2015-12-17 | Carried over to 2016 Regular Session. | |
| 2015-03-27 | House | Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Choy, Ing, Lowen, Luke, McKelvey, Pouha excused (6). |
| 2015-03-27 | House | Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1196) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN. |
| 2015-03-20 | House | The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Rhoads, San Buenaventura, Belatti, Brower, Creagan, Hashem, Morikawa, Nakashima, Takayama, Woodson; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Kawakami, C. Lee, McDermott, Thielen. |
| 2015-03-17 | House | Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Friday, 03-20-15 2:00PM in House conference room 325. |
| 2015-03-12 | House | Referred to JUD, FIN, referral sheet 30 |
| 2015-03-12 | House | Pass First Reading |
| 2015-03-12 | Senate | Notice of bill proposing constitutional amendment transmitted to Governor pursuant to Article XVII, Section 3 (Sen. Com. No. 1). |
| 2015-03-10 | House | Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 164) in amended form (SD 1). |
| 2015-03-10 | Senate | Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. |
| 2015-03-06 | Senate | 48 Hrs. Notice 03-10-15. |
| 2015-03-06 | Senate | Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1). |
| 2015-03-06 | Senate | Reported from JDL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 674) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading. |
| 2015-03-03 | Senate | The committee(s) on JDL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDL were as follows: 7 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keith-Agaran, Shimabukuro, Espero, Gabbard, Ihara, L. Thielen, Slom; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| 2015-02-25 | Senate | The committee(s) on JDL has scheduled a public hearing on 03-03-15 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. |
