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HI HB1327

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/24/2019

Primary Sponsor

Ryan Yamane

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Origin

House of Representatives

2019 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Permits requests for absentee ballots or permanent absentee voter status to be submitted in English or Hawaiian language.

  • Requires the chief election officer to make absentee ballot request forms available in both English and Hawaiian to election clerks for distribution to registered voters.

  • Requires absentee ballots to be available in English or Hawaiian to fulfill all voter requests, but does not require printing dual-language ballots containing both languages on a single ballot.

  • Appropriates funds for fiscal years 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 to print absentee ballot request forms and ballots in English and Hawaiian (amount unspecified in the bill).

  • Takes effect on July 1, 2050.

Legislative Description

Relating To Elections.

Appropriation ($)

Last Action

Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Aquino, DeCoite, Nakamura, Quinlan, Thielen excused (5).

2/15/2019

Committee Referrals

Finance2/15/2019
Judiciary2/7/2019
Water, Land, & Hawaiian Affairs1/28/2019

Full Bill Text

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