Measure Title: | PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE VI, SECTION 3, OF THE HAWAII CONSTITUTION, TO CHANGE THE MANNER OF APPOINTMENT OF JUSTICES AND JUDGES. |
Report Title: | Justices and Judges; Constitutional Amendment (ConAm) |
Description: | Amends article VI, section 3 of the state constitution to require the senate to approve every appointment of a justice or judge by majority vote, and to provide that failure of the senate to reject the retention of a justice or judge by a majority vote will be considered as a consent to the retention. |
Package: | None |
Companion: | |
Introducer(s): | HEE, Hanabusa |
Current Referral: | JHW |
Date | Status Text | |
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1/26/2005 | S | Introduced and passed First Reading. |
2/1/2005 | S | Referred to JHW. |
12/2/2005 10:33:46 AM | D | Carried over to 2006 Regular Session. |
$ = Appropriation measure
ConAm = Constitutional Amendment