PAR will host a zoom workshop on what to expect from conference on April 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM. Bills must pass out of their final committee in the second chamber by Friday April 4, 2025. Third reading votes in the second chamber will happen the following week. The second crossover deadline (for bills to pass back to their originating... Read More 2025 Conference Zoom Workshop...
Register below for PAR's free one-hour 2025 Budget Workshop: Following the Executive Budget on Zoom! Learn how the State’s Executive branch budget is created, the process the budget bill goes through, and how to access the information available. Thursday March 6, 2025 2:00 p.m.Register here(https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/6Xb9CP-wTby2k1MDarq-tQ) Questions? Contact PAR at 808/587-0478 or email [email protected] Zoom registrants will receive a link to the... Read More 2025 Budget Workshop...
The 2025 Regular Session is just around the corner (it opens on Wednesday, January 15, at 10:00 a.m.). Register for one of the Public Access Room’s free training sessions and learn more about advocacy, the legislature’s website, and the session calendar deadlines. Your Voice: Participating at the Hawaii State Legislature Join staff from the Public Access Room to learn more... Read More 2025 January Workshops...
We've uploaded a presentation that may be helpful as we enter into the conference period. And Then There Was Conference... Video (24:46) Join Keanu Young as he walks you through the conference process. As legislators try to decide on final versions of the bills that they want to send off to the governor, no more public testimony is accepted. But... Read More Video on the Conference Process...
Join us at 11-11:30 a.m. on Friday, April 12 for a Zoom workshop on the conference process! A bill has until Friday, April 5, to pass out of its final committee. Next week, we'll see a lot of Third Reading floor votes.Bills must cross back to their originating chamber by Thursday, April 11.Then, we enter the conference period... What happens then? House and Senate leadership will... Read More “And Then There Was Conference…”...
Register below for this Zoom workshop or help us spread the word! Following the Budget: Learn how the State's Executive branch budget is created, the process the budget bill goes through, and how to access the information available. Wednesday, February 28, 3:00 p.m. Register here(https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUocOyprTIrH9VT-5qW38PbZkgliH3KEM-A) Questions? Contact PAR at 808/587-0478 or [email protected]Read More “Following the Budget” – A Zoom Workshop...
We have two Public Access Room Workshops scheduled for next week. They'll both be on Zoom. Hope you can make it! Register below or pass the word. Keeping Up With the Legislature Hearing notices, committee reports, amended drafts, the decking deadline! We’ll cover some tips to help keep it all in perspective, improve your advocacy efforts, and make your work this session... Read More 2024 Session – Keeping Up With it All!...
The 2024 Regular Session is just around the corner (it opens on Wednesday, January 17, at 10:00 a.m.). Register for one of the Public Access Room's training sessions and learn more about advocacy, the legislature's website, and the session calendar's deadlines. Use Your Voice at the Legislature Our free “Your Voice” training focuses on advocacy at the State Capitol. We’ll... Read More Sign Up for a Training Session!...
Post-2023 Legislative Session Workshop You've made it through another year's legislative session. After a few weeks of recuperation, join us for a Zoom workshop to help focus on what you can do when the legislators aren't in session.We'll explore tips on regrouping, the status of pending legislation, and actions you can take during the interim to try to move your issue forward.... Read More Session’s Pau… What Now?!...
If you missed our workshops on the conference stage of the legislative process, you can view the 4/12/2023 session here: Conference Workshop Video Some Helpful Information Conference, when the House and Senate will attempt to come to agreement on the final draft of hundreds of bills, will take place this year between Monday, 4/17, and Friday, 4/28. The conference procedures... Read More Conference Workshop Video...