HB 1339 Summary

• Establishes a new chapter in Hawaii Revised Statutes governing impeachment procedures for the governor and lieutenant governor.

• Requires impeachment to be instituted by the House of Representatives through adoption of a resolution appointing managers to prepare and recommend articles of impeachment.

• Provides that the Senate sits as a court of impeachment to hear and consider impeachment cases after articles are delivered by the House.

• Permits impeachment for malfeasance in office, corruption, dereliction of duty, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.

• Limits impeachment penalties to removal from office and disqualification from state offices of honor, trust, or profit, while preserving criminal prosecution rights under state law.