| Measure Title: | RELATING TO ELECTIONS BY MAIL. |
| Report Title: | Voting; Elections by Mail ($) |
| Description: | Requires the Office of Elections to establish a Vote-by-Mail Pilot Program for the 2006 elections in the three representative districts with the lowest voter turnout rate in the last two election cycles. Requires the Chief Election Officer to submit a report on the pilot program to the Legislature prior to the Regular Session of 2007. Appropriates funds for the pilot program. (SB433 HD1) |
| Package: | None |
| Companion: | |
| Introducer(s): | NISHIHARA, INOUYE, Kokubun, Espero, Chun Oakland |
| Current Referral: | JUD, FIN |
| Date | Status Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 1/24/2005 | S | Introduced and passed First Reading. |
| 1/31/2005 | S | Referred to JHW, WAM. |
| 2/7/2005 | S | The committee on JHW has scheduled a public hearing on 02-11-05 at 9:00 am in conference room 229. |
| 2/11/2005 | S | The committee on JHW deferred the measure until 02-15-05 at 9:00 am in conference room 229. |
| 2/15/2005 | S | The committee(s) on JHW recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JHW were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Hanabusa, Chun Oakland, English, Whalen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Hee, Ihara. |
| 2/18/2005 | S | Reported from JHW (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 453) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM. |
| 2/18/2005 | S | Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| 2/23/2005 | S | The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-25-05 at 9:30 am in conference room 211. |
| 2/25/2005 | S | The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Taniguchi, Tsutsui, English, Espero, Fukunaga, Hooser, Inouye, Kanno, Kim, Kokubun, Nishihara, Sakamoto, Trimble; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 2 No(es): Senator(s) Hemmings, Slom; and 0 Excused: none. |
| 3/4/2005 | S | Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 834) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). |
| 3/4/2005 | S | 48 Hrs. Notice 03-08-05. |
| 3/8/2005 | S | Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 20; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 4 (Senator(s) Hemmings, Hogue, Slom, Trimble). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Ihara). Transmitted to House. |
| 3/8/2005 | H | Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 71) in amended form (SD 2). |
| 3/10/2005 | H | Pass First Reading. |
| 3/10/2005 | H | Referred to JUD, FIN, referral sheet 30 |
| 3/12/2005 | H | Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Tuesday, 03-15-05 at 2:00 pm in House conference room 325. |
| 3/15/2005 | H | The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, B. Oshiro, Caldwell, Herkes, Kanoho, Morita; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Marumoto; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Thielen; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Sonson, Souki. |
| 3/23/2005 | H | Reported from the committee on JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1166) as amended in (HD 1), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to the committee on FIN. |
| 3/24/2005 | H | Passed Second Reading as amended in (HD 1) and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Finnegan, Meyer, Moses, Stonebraker, Thielen voting no and Representative(s) Fox, Takamine excused. |
| 3/31/2005 | H | Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Monday, 04-04-05 at 2:00 pm in House conference room 308. |
| 4/4/2005 | H | The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 17 Ayes: Representative(s) Takamine, Kawakami, Carroll, Evans, Karamatsu, Lee, Magaoay, Nakasone, Nishimoto, Tanaka, Tsuji, Wakai, Yamane, Yamashita; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Fox, Meyer, Pine; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Moses; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Chong. |
| 4/8/2005 | H | Reported from the committee on FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1570), recommending passage on Third Reading. |
| 4/12/2005 | H | Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Ching, Finnegan, Halford, Meyer, Moses, Pine, Stonebraker, Thielen voting no and none excused. |
| 4/12/2005 | H | Transmitted to Senate. |
| 4/14/2005 | S | Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 515). |
| 4/14/2005 | S | Senate disagrees with House amendments. |
| 4/14/2005 | H | Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 649). |
| 4/18/2005 | H | House conferees appointed: Luke, Magaoay Co-Chairs; Marumoto. |
| 4/20/2005 | S | Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 663). |
| 4/18/2005 | S | Senate Conferees appointed: Hanabusa, Chair; Taniguchi, Co-Chair(s); English, Hee, Hooser, Whalen. |
| 4/18/2005 | H | Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 718). |
| 4/19/2005 | S | Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-20-05 at 2:00 pm in conference room 325. |
| 4/20/2005 | S | Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-05 at 2:00 pm in conference room 325. |
| 4/25/2005 | S | Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-05 at 2:00 pm in conference room 325. |
| 4/26/2005 | S | Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-05 at 2:00 pm in conference room 325. |
| 4/28/2005 | S | Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-29-05 at 11:00 am in conference room 325. |
| 4/28/2005 | S | The Conference committee has deleted the measure scheduled for 04-29-05 at 11:00 am in conference room 325. |
| 4/28/2005 | S | The Conference committee deferred the measure. |
| 12/2/2005 10:32:18 AM | D | Carried over to 2006 Regular Session. |
| 3/29/2006 | H | House conferee(s) discharged: Representative(s) Luke, Magaoay (Co-)Chairman; Marumoto. |
| 3/30/2006 | S | Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 385). |
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