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Bill RELATING TO ELECTIONS. Requires a mandatory recount of election votes and ballot measures when the margin of victory for election contests or tabulation for ballot measures is equal to or less than one hundred or one-quarter of one per cent of the votes cast, whichever is greater. (CD1) us/states/hi Hawaii Legislature 2019 Regular Session SB 216 Hawaii SB 216 (2019 Regular Session)
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Hawaii SB 216 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

Requires a mandatory recount of election votes and ballot measures when the margin of victory for election contests or tabulation for ballot measures is equal to or less than one hundred or one-quarter of one per cent of the votes cast, whichever is greater. (CD1)

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. SB216 (committee substitute) — source
  2. SB216_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. SB216_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. SB216_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 130 (pass) · lower
  • The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 41 (pass) · upper
  • The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 20 (pass) · upper
  • The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 110 (pass) · upper
  • The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 30 (pass) · lower
  • The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 80 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Fevella — primary (person)
  • J.KEOHOKALOLE — primary (person)
  • K. RHOADS — primary (person)
  • Wakai — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2019-01-18 Introduced. introduction
  • 2019-01-18 Passed First Reading. reading-1
  • 2019-01-22 Referred to JDC, WAM. referral-committee
  • 2019-01-25 The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 01-29-19 9:00AM in conference room 016.
  • 2019-01-29 The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Rhoads, Wakai, Gabbard, Kim; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Fevella; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-02-01 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 9) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
  • 2019-02-01 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
  • 2019-02-08 The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-12-19 10:00AM in conference room 211.
  • 2019-02-12 The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 11 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, English, Harimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Riviere, Taniguchi, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) K. Kahele, Shimabukuro. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-02-28 Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 720) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
  • 2019-02-28 48 Hrs. Notice 03-05-19.
  • 2019-03-05 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. passage
  • 2019-03-05 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 69) in amended form (SD 2). introduction
  • 2019-03-07 Pass First Reading reading-1
  • 2019-03-07 Referred to JUD, FIN, referral sheet 27 referral-committee
  • 2019-03-08 Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Monday, 03-11-19 2:00PM in House conference room 325.
  • 2019-03-11 The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 03-18-19.
  • 2019-03-11 Bill scheduled for decision making on Monday, 03-18-19 2:00PM in conference room 325.
  • 2019-03-18 The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, San Buenaventura, Brower, Creagan, Morikawa, Say, Takayama, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Lowen, McKelvey, Yamane. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-03-20 Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1469), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
  • 2019-03-20 Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Belatti, Yamane excused (2). reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2019-03-25 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 03-28-19 3:00PM in House conference room 308.
  • 2019-03-28 The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 04-03-19.
  • 2019-04-01 Bill scheduled for decision making on Wednesday, 04-03-19 2:30PM in conference room 308.
  • 2019-04-03 The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Todd, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Holt, Nishimoto. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-04-05 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2192) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Third Reading.
  • 2019-04-05 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-09-19.
  • 2019-04-09 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. passage
  • 2019-04-11 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 730). introduction
  • 2019-04-11 Senate disagrees with House amendments.
  • 2019-04-11 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 893).
  • 2019-04-18 Senate Conferees Appointed: K. Rhoads Chair; Kanuha Co-Chair; Fevella.
  • 2019-04-18 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 920).
  • 2019-04-22 House Conferees Appointed: C. Lee, Cullen Co-Chairs; Thielen.
  • 2019-04-23 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 826).
  • 2019-04-23 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-24-19 3:20PM in conference room 325.
  • 2019-04-24 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-25-19 3:20PM in conference room 325.
  • 2019-04-25 The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Rhoads, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-04-25 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, Cullen, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
  • 2019-04-26 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 132).
  • 2019-04-26 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-19.
  • 2019-04-26 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 132) as amended in (CD 1).
  • 2019-04-26 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-30-19.
  • 2019-04-30 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ichiyama excused (1).
  • 2019-04-30 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 1 No(es): Senator(s) Fevella. 0 Excused: none.
  • 2019-05-01 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 968).
  • 2019-05-02 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 883).
  • 2019-05-06 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
  • 2019-06-28 Act 135, on 06/25/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1237). executive-signature
  • 2019-06-28 Act 135, 06/25/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1237). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f4dbc0a5-5b04-41e7-9644-c0550a075c21. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).