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HB 74 Hawaii House · 2018 Regular Session

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYMENT OF ATTORNEYS.

Summary
Replaces a requirement that the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate must jointly request legal representation for a legislative office before that respective house may receive legal representation with a requirement that allows either the speaker's request or the senate president's request, as appropriate, to constitute a sufficient request. Takes effect on 1/7/2059. (SD1)
Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Mar 2017
House Passage
Feb 2017
Senate Passage
Mar 2017
Governor
Introduced Jan 18, 2017 Last action Mar 15, 2018
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
25
Key actions
5
Committee
5
Amendments
2
Mar 28, 2017
Introduced
House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
lower
Mar 24, 2017
Introduced
Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 392) in amended form (SD 1).
lower
Mar 24, 2017
Upper · Passed
Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 3 (Senator(s) Galuteria, Kim, Ruderman). Transmitted to House.
upper
Mar 13, 2017
Upper · Passed
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, K. Rhoads, Gabbard, Kim, L. Thielen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
upper
Mar 9, 2017
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on JDL has scheduled a public hearing on 03-13-17 9:30AM in conference room 016.
upper
Feb 21, 2017
Committee
Referred to JDL.
upper
Feb 14, 2017
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 8).
upper
Feb 13, 2017
Lower · Passed
Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Ward voting no (1) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.
lower
Feb 1, 2017
Lower · Passed
The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Nishimoto, San Buenaventura, Belatti, Brower, Johanson, Morikawa, Nakashima, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) C. Lee, Oshiro, McDermott.
lower
Jan 23, 2017
Committee
Referred to JUD, referral sheet 1
lower
Jan 18, 2017
Introduced
Pending introduction.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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