THE SENATE
THE TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2015

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY AND LABOR
Senator Gilbert S.C. Keith-Agaran, Chair
Senator Maile S.L. Shimabukuro, Vice-Chair

MEASURES DEFERRED TO TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2015

DATE:

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

TIME:

9:00 AM

PLACE:

Conference Room 016
State Capitol
415 South Beretania Street

DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

SB219
Status and Testimony

RELATING TO ELECTIONS.
Beginning with the primary election in an unspecified year, requires the office of elections to implement elections by mail.  Thereafter requires all federal, state, and county primary, special primary, general, special general, and special elections to be conducted by mail.  Establishes a minimum number of voter service centers per county and island, in lieu of traditional polling places.  Requires voter service centers to provide services such as voter registration.  Appropriates funds.

JDL, WAM

SB287
Status and Testimony

RELATING TO ELECTIONS.
Requires the office of elections to implement elections by mail in a county with a population of less than 100,000, beginning with the 2016 primary election.  By 2018, requires all federal, state, and county primary, special primary, general, special general, and special elections to be conducted by mail.  Enables absentee walk-in voting to continue prior to election day.  Ensures limited polling sites in each county remain open on election day for absentee walk-in voting and to receive mail-in ballots.  Appropriates funds for the implementation and administration of the election by mail program.

JDL, WAM

SB286
Status and Testimony

RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF THE STATE INSPECTOR GENERAL.
Establishes the office of the state inspector general, to be headed by the state inspector general, within the office of the state auditor for administrative purposes only.  Requires the office of the state inspector general to investigate complaints alleging fraud, waste, abuse, or corruption by a state agency or quasi-public agency, or the officers or employees of a state agency or quasi-public agency.  Appropriates funds.

JDL, WAM

No testimony will be accepted.

FOR AMENDED NOTICES:  Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 808-586-7344.