HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1474
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to the advice and consent of the senate.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 26-31, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§26-31 Selection and terms of single executives as heads of departments[.]; selection of deputy directors of departments. (a) Except as otherwise provided by the Constitution of the State or by this chapter, each principal department shall be headed by a single executive, who shall be nominated and, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, appointed by the governor, for a term to expire at the end of the term for which the governor was elected. A vacancy occurring during a term shall be filled for the unexpired balance of the term, subject to the provisions of [Article] article V, section 6 of the Constitution of the State. The governor may remove a single executive from office at any time, except that the removal of the attorney general shall be subject to the advice and consent of the senate.

(b) Except as otherwise provided by the Hawaii State Constitution or by this chapter, the deputy director; first deputy; or deputy chair, as the case may be, of each principal department shall be nominated and, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, appointed by the governor; single executive of a principal department; or the chair of the board, commission, or other body, as the case may be."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

State Departments; Deputy Directors; Senate Advice and Consent

Description:

Requires nominees for the position of Deputy Director, First Deputy, or Deputy Chair, as the case may be, of principal departments to be subject to advice and consent of the Senate.

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