RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY.
Summary
Requires the legislative reference bureau to conduct a study to consider if the Hawaii supreme court should be a single term like the United States Supreme Court. Requires a report to the legislature. (HD1)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
House Passage
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 21, 2022
Last action Mar 11, 2022
Floor votes · House Mar 8, 2022
How they voted
49–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 50
Mar 8, 2022
D
Democratic45
100% Yea
R
Republican4
75% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
4
Committee
5
Mar 11, 2022
Committee
Referred to JDC, WAM.
upper
Mar 10, 2022
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 286).
upper
Mar 8, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) McDermott excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.
lower
Feb 14, 2022
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, Lowen, McKelvey, Nakamura, Takumi, Todd, Tokioka, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) LoPresti.
lower
Feb 11, 2022
Lower · Passed
The committee(s) on JHA recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.
lower
Feb 8, 2022
Lower · Passed
The committees on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Nakashima, Matayoshi, Ichiyama, Lowen, McKelvey, Nakamura, Takumi, Todd, Tokioka, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) D. Kobayashi, LoPresti.
lower
Jan 26, 2022
Committee
Referred to JHA, referral sheet 2
lower
Jan 24, 2022
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
Jan 21, 2022
Introduced
Pending introduction.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mark Nakashima
DDemocratic
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