Hawaii Senate Bill 121
Session 2025
Proposing An Amendment To Article Vi, Section 3, Of The Hawaii State Constitution To Allow The Senate More Time To Confirm Judicial Appointments.
Active
Passed House on Apr 4, 2025
Sponsors
First Action
Jan 10, 2025
Latest Action
Apr 4, 2025
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill Number
121
State
Hawaii
Session
2025
Motion Text
Report adopted; Passed Third Reading.
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Roll call vote details are unavailable for Report adopted; Passed Third Reading.
Senate Roll Call Votes
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Recorded roll call vote details are unavailable for Report adopted; Passed Third Reading.
Summary
Proposes an amendment to the Hawaii State Constitution to extend the amount of time allowed the Senate to consider and act on the appointments of justices and judges from thirty to sixty days for appointments made between April 1 and December 31 when the Senate is not in Regular Session or is about to adjourn the Regular Session.
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04/04/2025
House
Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1965), recommending passage on Third Reading.
04/04/2025
House
Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Reyes Oda voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Pierick, Shimizu voting no (6) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kapela excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.
04/04/2025
Senate
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 560).
04/04/2025
Senate
Enrolled to Governor.
03/31/2025
House
The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Alcos, Reyes Oda; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Holt, Ward.
03/28/2025
House
Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Monday, 03-31-25 3:15PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
03/18/2025
House
Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1291), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
03/18/2025
House
Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Alcos, Matsumoto, Reyes Oda voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka, Pierick, Shimizu voting no (4) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2).
03/11/2025
House
The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd; Ayes with reservations: none; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Garcia, Shimizu; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.
03/10/2025
Senate
Notice of bill proposing constitutional amendment transmitted to Governor pursuant to Article XVII, Section 3 (Sen. Com. No. 1).
03/07/2025
House
Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 03-11-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
03/06/2025
House
Pass First Reading
03/06/2025
House
Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 19
03/04/2025
Senate
Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
03/04/2025
House
Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 91).
02/28/2025
Senate
Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 852) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
02/28/2025
Senate
One Day Notice 03-04-25.
02/26/2025
Senate
The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
02/24/2025
Senate
The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-26-25 10:04AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
02/04/2025
Senate
Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 12) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.
02/04/2025
Senate
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
01/28/2025
Senate
The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
01/22/2025
Senate
The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 01-28-25 9:15AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
01/17/2025
Senate
Referred to JDC, WAM.
01/15/2025
Senate
Introduced and passed First Reading.
01/10/2025
Senate
Pending Introduction.
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HI Legislature
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Record Created
Jan 10, 2025 10:48:50 PM
Record Updated
Jul 18, 2025 9:43:09 AM