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HI SB485

Bill

Official Source

Status

Engrossed

3/7/2023

Primary Sponsor

Ronald Kouchi

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Origin

Senate

2023 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Increases the number of district court judges in the First Circuit from fourteen to fifteen judges
  • Adds a fifteenth judge position to be styled as "fifteenth judge"
  • One district judge continues to hear landlord-tenant and small claims matters, with authority for the chief justice to reassign as needed based on case urgency or volume
  • Effective date is July 1, 2050

Legislative Description

Relating To Judges For The District Court Of The First Circuit.

Judiciary Package

Last Action

Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1).

3/17/2023

Committee Referrals

Finance3/17/2023
Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs3/9/2023
Ways and Means2/7/2023
Judiciary1/25/2023

Full Bill Text

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