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SB 2137, SD2
(SSCR3287)
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS.
Authorizes election officials to establish additional
voter service centers. (SD2)
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SB 2794, SD1
(SSCR3092)
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS.
Makes housekeeping amendments to elections laws to
clarify the administration of elections by mail. Renames districts as
precincts. Extends voter registration deadlines. Requires additional voter
service centers on election day. (SD1)
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SB 2609, SD1
(SSCR3020)
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS.
Includes agents of candidates listed on ballots among
the persons prohibited from providing voting assistance at voter service
centers and in the use of absentee ballots. Takes effect 1/1/2021. (SD1)
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SB 1056, SD1
(SSCR3088)
Status
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RELATING TO LOBBYISTS.
Requires lobbyists and specified individuals to file
two additional reports in general election years to the Hawaii State Ethics
Commission, including one report on the second Friday in August and one
report on the first Monday in November. (SD1)
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SB 2148, SD1
(SSCR2911)
Status
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RELATING TO VIOLATIONS OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAW.
Increases the amount of the fine that may be assessed
against a noncandidate committee making only independent expenditures that
has received at least one contribution of more than $10,000, or spent more
than $10,000 in an election period, for campaign spending law violations.
Allows the Campaign Spending Commission to order that payment of a fine
assessed against a noncandidate committee, or any portion thereof, be paid
from the personal funds of an officer of the noncandidate committee.
Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
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SB 840
(SSCR2338)
Status
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS.
Allows the elections commission to refer a complaint to
the attorney general or county prosecutor in addition to any administrative
determination and without the requirement that the commission believes the
respondent has recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally committed a
violation. Disqualifies a person convicted of violating elections criminal
prosecution laws from holding elective public office for ten years, rather
than four. Repeals language stipulating that elections criminal prosecution
law does not apply to any person who has paid or agreed to pay fines related
to report filing violations and advertisement violations prior to the
commencement of the proceedings.
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SB 2006, SD2
(SSCR3073)
Status
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RELATING TO RANKED CHOICE VOTING.
Establishes ranked choice voting for special federal elections
and special elections of vacant county council seats. Effective 7/1/2050.
(SD2)
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SB 2149, SD1
(SSCR3030)
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RELATING TO ELECTIONEERING COMMUNICATIONS.
Applies the electioneering communication section only
to noncandidate committees. Amends the definition of "disclosure
date" to mean the date on which the electioneering communication is
publicly distributed. Expands the definition of "electioneering
communication" to apply to advertisements sent by any mail rate and
communications regarding expenditures of the organization. Makes a conforming
statutory amendment relating to the determination of the date by which a
person is deemed to have made a campaign expenditure. (SD1)
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JUD
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SB 2414, SD1
(SSCR3283)
Status
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RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS.
Amends ballot requirements to display candidates for
the office of Hawaiian affairs, board of trustees, by residency and
non-residency requirements and to randomize the order of candidate names
within those groupings. Takes effect 6/18/2050. (SD1)
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SB 217, SD1
(SSCR2474)
Status
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RELATING TO ARRANGEMENT OF CANDIDATE NAMES ON BALLOTS.
Requires candidate names to be randomized on individual
ballots. (SD1)
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SB 2038, SD1
(SSCR2993)
Status
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RELATING TO BOARD MEMBERS.
Permits two or more members of a board to attend state
of the city, state of the county, state of the State, or state of the
judiciary addresses; provided that the board members do not discuss board
business and no commitment to vote is made or sought. (SD1)
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SB 2795, SD2
(SSCR3356)
Status
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RELATING TO ADDRESS CONFIDENTIALITY.
Appropriates funds for one full-time equivalent (1.0
FTE) position, operating costs, and equipment to support the Office of the
Lieutenant Governor in administering the Address Confidentiality Program.
Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)
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