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HB 1153 Hawaii House · 2019 Regular Session

RELATING TO REMOTE TESTIMONY IN LEGISLATIVE HEARINGS.

Summary
Establishes the remote legislative access program, to be supervised by the joint legislative access committee. Specific requirements that the joint legislative access committee must consider when developing the program. Requires each house of the Legislature to establish, by rule, procedures for the public to present oral testimony at legislative committee hearings through remote testimony. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2022. (SD1)
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Mar 2019
House Passage
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 23, 2019 Last action Mar 21, 2019
Floor votes · House Feb 28, 2019

How they voted

50–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 51
Feb 28, 2019
D Democratic45
44 Yea 1
97% Yea
R Republican5
5 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
19
Key actions
5
Committee
9
Mar 21, 2019
Committee
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
upper
Mar 21, 2019
Committee
Reported from GVO (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1364) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
upper
Mar 12, 2019
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in GVO were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) L. Thielen, Inouye, Baker, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.
upper
Mar 8, 2019
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on GVO has scheduled a public hearing on 03-12-19 2:45PM in conference room 225.
upper
Mar 5, 2019
Committee
Referred to GVO, WAM.
upper
Mar 1, 2019
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 103).
upper
Feb 28, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.
lower
Feb 21, 2019
Lower · Passed
The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Todd.
lower
Feb 12, 2019
Committee
Reported from LMG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 283) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
lower
Feb 5, 2019
Lower · Passed
The committees on LMG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Cullen, Belatti, Morikawa, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Nakashima.
lower
Jan 28, 2019
Committee
Referred to LMG, FIN, referral sheet 6
lower
Jan 24, 2019
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
Jan 23, 2019
Introduced
Pending introduction.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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