RELATING TO THE JUDICIAL COUNCIL.
Summary
Requires meetings of the judicial council to be open to the public, except for deliberations for the selection of nominees for the campaign spending commission and state ethics commission. (HD1)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2021
House Passage
Feb 2021
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 22, 2021
Last action Feb 16, 2021
Floor votes · House Feb 12, 2021
How they voted
42–6
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 51
Feb 12, 2021
D
Democratic46
82% Yea
R
Republican4
75% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Feb 16, 2021
Committee
Referred to JDC.
upper
Feb 16, 2021
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 6).
upper
Feb 12, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Ward voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) DeCoite, Har, Kong, Okimoto, Onishi, Tokioka voting no (6) and Representative(s) Eli, Gates, Lowen excused (3). Transmitted to Senate.
lower
Feb 2, 2021
Lower · Passed
The committees on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Nakashima, Matayoshi, Ichiyama, D. Kobayashi, LoPresti, Lowen, McKelvey, Nakamura, Takumi, Todd, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Tokioka.
lower
Jan 27, 2021
Committee
Referred to JHA, referral sheet 1
lower
Jan 25, 2021
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
Jan 22, 2021
Introduced
Pending introduction.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Scott Saiki
DDemocratic
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