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SB 1074STATE · HawaiiIntroduced

PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO AMEND THE MANNER IN WHICH JUSTICES AND JUDGES ARE APPOINTED, CONSENTED TO, AND RETAINED.

Proposes amendments to the Constitution of the State of Hawaiʻi relating to the appointment of justices and judges. Changes certain time periods for the appointment and senate consent to a justice or judge. Mirrors the appointment and senate consent procedure for district court judges with the appointment and senate consent procedure for supreme court justices and intermediate court of appeals and circuit court judges. (HD1)

Voted 12/11/2023

Roll-call record

How representatives voted

25 yea·2 nay

Docket history

Action history

  1. 12/11/2023Carried over to 2024 Regular Session.
  2. 3/20/2023Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Gates, Lowen excused (3).
  3. 3/20/2023Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1333) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
  4. 3/14/2023The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Ganaden, Holt, Hashimoto, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Kong, Mizuno, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
  5. 3/13/2023Notice of bill proposing constitutional amendment transmitted to Governor pursuant to Article XVII, Section 3 (Sen. Com. No. 1).
  6. 3/10/2023Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 03-14-23 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  7. 3/9/2023Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 17
  8. 3/9/2023Pass First Reading
  9. 3/7/2023Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 349) in amended form (SD 2).
  10. 3/7/2023Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Richards. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Fukunaga). Transmitted to House.