SB 721 Hawaii Senate · 2021 Regular Session

PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III, SECTIONS 10, 11, 12, 15, AND 16 OF THE HAWAII STATE CONSTITUTION TO ESTABLISH A CONTINUOUS LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

Summary
Establishes a continuous legislature. Requires the legislature to convene at least once a month. Removes language regarding special sessions, adjournment, and recesses. Creates a two-year deadline for a bill to be submitted for gubernatorial consideration. Standardizes the number of days that the governor must approve or veto a bill submitted for consideration. Requires bills returned by the governor to be heard by the legislature within an unspecified number of days for the bill for the bill to be further amended. Requires the passage of the legislative budget in an unspecified number of days before the end of each fiscal year.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
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Jan 2021
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Introduced Jan 22, 2021 Last action Jan 27, 2021
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Jan 27, 2021
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Referred to GVO, JDC/WAM.
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Jan 22, 2021
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Stanley Chang
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