Hawaii House Bill 1420 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)
Status: Introduced on January 19 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-01-26 - Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 1
Pending: House Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Proposes an amendment to article V, section 2, of the Hawaii State Constitution to require that each gubernatorial nominee appoint a person from the same political party to be a running mate for Lieutenant Governor in the general election. Proposes an amendment to article V, section 4, of the Constitution to provide when the office of the governor is vacant, the Lieutenant Governor shall temporarily have the powers and duties of the office; provided that if a certain number of days remain in the gubernatorial term, a special election shall elect a Governor and Lieutenant Governor, who shall serve from the date of the certification of the special election results to the end of the vacated term.

Proposing To Amend Sections Of Article V Of The Hawaii State Constitution.

Rep. Patrick Branco [D]	Rep. Linda Clark [D]	Sen. Troy Hashimoto [D]	Rep. Linda Ichiyama [D]
Rep. Greggor Ilagan [D]	Rep. Lisa Kitagawa [D]	Rep. Daynette Morikawa [D]	Rep. Nadine Nakamura [D]
Rep. Scott Nishimoto [D]	Rep. Takashi Ohno [D]	Rep. Sean Quinlan [D]	Rep. Jackson Sayama [D]
Rep. David Tarnas [D]	Rep. Bertrand Kobayashi [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-01-26	House	Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 1
2022-01-19	House	Introduced and Pass First Reading.
2022-01-14	House	Prefiled.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1420&year=2022
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2022/bills/HB1420_.HTM