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HI HB1327
Bill
Status
1/24/2019
Primary Sponsor
Ryan Yamane
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AI Summary
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Permits requests for absentee ballots or permanent absentee voter status to be submitted in English or Hawaiian language.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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