Deadlines
2024 Session – Keeping Up With it All!
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…
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The 2024 Bills Are In!
The deadline for legislators to introduce new bills for the 2024 Regular Session is tonight (January 24, 2024). That means that you’ll soon find all of the bills to be considered this session on the Legislature’s “Reports and Lists” page.
Sign Up for a Training Session!
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 cover everything from pitching an idea for a new law…
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Final Count for 2023 Regular Session
The last five bills on the Governor’s desk became law without his signature on July 11, 2023. So we’ve got a final count: 263 bills became acts of law this year, out of a total of 3,132 bills that were introduced. (That’s about 8.4%.) View the new laws here: https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/advreports/advreport.aspx?year=2023&report=deadline&rpt_type=gov_acts&measuretype=HB,SB&title=Acts
Next Step for Bills That Passed Legislature
Wondering what happens next for the hundreds of bills on the Governor’s desk? Wondering when you’ll know whether the bill becomes law? You may have to wait — we may not know the fate of some of them until July 11, 2023!
If a bill introduced during the 2023 Regular Session did not pass out of the Legislature, it carries over to the 2024 Regular Session (which starts on January…
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Extension of Decking Deadline
Final reading votes for 170 bills are scheduled for tomorrow (session at 10a). The fiscal filing deadline has been extended until 6p tonight, May 1, which means there should be more to come!
The Senate President and House Speaker have extended the deadline to file the fiscal bills and committee reports that were agreed upon by Friday’s 6 p.m. deadline to conclude negotiations. The conference drafts (CD1s) of those bills, and accompanying committee…
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Conference Workshop Video
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 have been posted: https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/Docs/2023CommitteesOnConferenceProcedures.pdf….
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Zoom Workshop on the Conference Process
It’s that time of year! The conference period (this year, April 17 – April 28) is when select legislators meet to determine whether and in what form surviving legislation should be presented for a final vote in each chamber. Conference meetings are open to the public, but the whole process can be a bit confusing. Join us over Zoom to discuss what’s next for bills that have already made it…
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A Heavy Third Reading Day
To view the bills coming up for Third Reading tomorrow, April 11, 2023, use the Legislature’s “Reports and Lists” page, then select the “Pending Actions” bar.
It’s Time for Second Decking!
It’s the last week of bill hearings here at the Capitol! Questions? Contact PAR at 808/587-0478 or [email protected]