Establishes a temporary working group to study the feasibility of transitioning the Hawaii State Legislature's Regular Session from one that meets for three and a half months from mid-January to early May, to one that meets on a year-round basis. Requires the Legislative Reference Bureau to provide administrative support to the working group. Requires a report to the Legislature.
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Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
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Introduced
2Passed House
3Passed Senate
4To Governor
5Became Law
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No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
2025
Feb 10Reported from LMG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 279) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.Latest
Feb 10Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Matsumoto voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (3) and Representative(s) Belatti, Cochran, Kila, Ward excused (4).Minor
Feb 5The committee on LMG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Holt, Quinlan, Ichiyama, Morikawa, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.Minor
Vote recorded The committee on LMG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. Result: pass.Lower
Jan 31Bill scheduled to be heard by LMG on Wednesday, 02-05-25 2:00PM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
Jan 27Referred to LMG, FIN, referral sheet 4Minor
Jan 23Introduced and Pass First Reading.Introduced