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Bill RELATING TO RECOUNTS. Provides that a mandatory recount shall occur when the difference in votes cast is equal to or less than 100 votes or one-quarter of 1% of the total number of votes cast for the contest, whichever is lesser. Establishes that the filing deadline for a complaint for a contest for cause that arises from a mandatory recount shall be the same as the filing deadline for complaints for contests in which no mandatory recount was held. us/states/hi Hawaii Legislature 2024 HB 129 Hawaii HB 129 (2024)
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Hawaii HB 129 (2024) — RELATING TO RECOUNTS.

Provides that a mandatory recount shall occur when the difference in votes cast is equal to or less than 100 votes or one-quarter of 1% of the total number of votes cast for the contest, whichever is lesser. Establishes that the filing deadline for a complaint for a contest for cause that arises from a mandatory recount shall be the same as the filing deadline for complaints for contests in which no mandatory recount was held.

Version chain

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

  1. HB129 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 90 (pass) · lower
  • The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 41 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • SAIKI — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2024-03-07 Act 001, 03/05/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1101). became-law
  • 2024-03-05 Act 001, on 03/05/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1101). became-law
  • 2024-02-12 Transmitted to Governor.
  • 2024-02-13 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 4). receipt
  • 2024-02-12 Passed Final Reading with none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Amato, Lowen, Nakashima, Quinlan, Todd excused (5). passage
  • 2024-02-08 Deferred two days 02-12-24. deferral
  • 2024-02-07 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 6).
  • 2024-02-07 Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
  • 2024-02-06 One Day Notice 02-07-24.
  • 2024-02-06 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading. reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2024-02-06 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2151) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
  • 2024-01-25 The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Elefante, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-01-19 The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 01-25-24 10:00AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
  • 2023-12-11 Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. carried-over
  • 2023-02-14 Referred to JDC. referral-committee
  • 2023-02-14 Passed First Reading. reading-1
  • 2023-02-14 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 11). introduction, receipt
  • 2023-02-13 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Kapela excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. passage
  • 2023-02-10 Passed Second Reading; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
  • 2023-02-10 Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 285), recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
  • 2023-02-02 The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Ganaden, Holt, Hashimoto, Ilagan, Kong, Mizuno, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-01-31 Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 02-02-23 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  • 2023-01-25 Referred to JHA, referral sheet 1 referral-committee
  • 2023-01-19 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
  • 2023-01-17 Prefiled.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7c6850a0-4d1a-41f6-88e8-6c7dce4c72ce. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).