Hawaii Senate Bill 642 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on March 5 2019 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-13 - The committee(s) on WLH recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.
Pending: House Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Inserts article thirteen of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples into the Hawaii Revised Statutes. Requires that Hawaiian be used for public acts and transactions. Directs the office of language access to provide services to Hawaiian language speakers. Requires the Hawaiian version of a law be held binding if the law in question was originally drafted in Hawaiian and then translated into English. Requires that okina and kahako be used, when appropriate, in documents prepared by or for state or county agencies or officials, with certain exceptions. Amends existing law so that any rule, order, policy, or other act, official or otherwise, that prohibits or discourages the use of okina and kahako, except those specifically designed for the benefit of native speakers of Hawaiian, shall be void. (SD2)

Relating To Hawaiian As An Official Language Of The State Of Hawaii.

Sen. Karl Rhoads [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-13	House	The committee(s) on WLH recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.
2019-03-11	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by WLH on Wednesday, 03-13-19 10:00AM in House conference room 325.
2019-03-07	House	Referred to WLH, JUD, FIN, referral sheet 27
2019-03-07	House	Pass First Reading
2019-03-05	House	Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 202) in amended form (SD 2).
2019-03-05	Senate	Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Harimoto). Transmitted to House.
2019-03-01	Senate	48 Hrs. Notice 03-05-19.
2019-03-01	Senate	Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1023) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
2019-02-21	Senate	The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Rhoads, Wakai, Gabbard; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Kim, Fevella.
2019-02-15	Senate	The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-21-19 9:00AM in conference room 016.
2019-02-07	Senate	Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.
2019-02-07	Senate	Reported from HWN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 93) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
2019-01-29	Senate	The committee(s) on HWN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HWN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Shimabukuro, K. Kahele, Ihara, J.Keohokalole; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.
2019-01-25	Senate	The committee(s) on HWN has scheduled a public hearing on 01-29-19 1:15PM in conference room 016.
2019-01-24	Senate	Referred to HWN, JDC.
2019-01-22	Senate	Passed First Reading.
2019-01-18	Senate	Introduced.

SB642 (Carry Over) 2019-03-13 - The committee(s) on WLH recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=642&year=2019
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/SB642_.HTM
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/SB642_SD1_.HTM
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/SB642_SD2_.HTM