SB 861 Hawaii Senate · 2019 Regular Session

RELATING TO JUDGES.

Summary
Changes the designation of judges of the intermediate appellate court, circuit courts, district courts, and family courts. Repeals the provision that allows the supreme court to summarily remove any district family judge from office and revoke the district family judge's commission whenever the supreme court deems such removal necessary for the public good or the volume of cases within the circuit is reduced to a level where the reduction of the number of district family judges within a circuit is deemed advisable.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 18, 2019 Last action Jan 24, 2019
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Jan 24, 2019
Committee
Referred to JDC, WAM.
upper
Jan 18, 2019
Introduced
Introduced.
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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
RH
Rosalyn H. Baker
DDemocratic
HI
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