Hawaii State Legislature
2003 Legislative Session

HB525 HD1

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Measure Title: RELATING TO ABSENTEE VOTING.
Report Title: Absentee Voting
Description: Requires absentee ballots to be returned no later than 1 day prior to an election day. Requires a signature envelope, separate from the return envelope, to ensure privacy and security for absentee voters who mail in their ballots (HB525 HD1).
Package: None
Companion:SB698
Introducer(s): CHANG, HIRAKI, HALE, Hamakawa, Wakai, Magaoay, Souki, Herkes, Karamatsu
Current Referral:JUD, FIN

Date Status Text
1/21/2003HIntroduced
1/22/2003HPass First Reading
1/24/2003HReferred to JUD, FIN, referral sheet 3.
2/11/2003HBill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Thursday, 02-13-03 at 2:00 pm in House conference room 325.
2/13/2003HThe committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Hamakawa, B. Oshiro, Chang, Herkes, Lee, Souki, Finnegan, Marumoto; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Pendleton; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Sonson; and 5 Excused: Representative(s) Caldwell, Ito, Kanoho, M. Oshiro, Thielen.
2/14/2003HReported from the committee on JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 536) as amended in (HD 1), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to the committee on FIN.
2/14/2003HPassed Second Reading as amended in (HD 1) and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Fox, Sonson voting no and Representative(s) Abinsay, Blundell, Souki, Thielen excused.
8/21/2003DCarried over to 2004 Regular Session

$ = Appropriation measure
ConAm = Constitutional Amendment