RELATING TO ELECTIONS.
Summary
Establishes ranked choice voting for special elections for Congressional races. (HB179 HD1)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Jan 2018
House Passage
Mar 2017
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 19, 2017
Last action Jan 17, 2018
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
2
Committee
4
Jan 17, 2018
Committee
Re-Referred to JDC.
upper
Mar 9, 2017
Committee
Referred to JDL.
upper
Mar 9, 2017
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 231).
upper
Mar 7, 2017
Lower · Passed
Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) McDermott, Tupola, Ward voting no (3) and Representative(s) Ichiyama excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.
lower
Feb 3, 2017
Lower · Passed
The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Nishimoto, San Buenaventura, Belatti, Brower, Johanson, C. Lee, Morikawa, Nakashima, Oshiro, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) McDermott.
lower
Jan 23, 2017
Committee
Referred to JUD, referral sheet 1
lower
Jan 19, 2017
Introduced
Pending introduction.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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