Hawaii Senate bill in Session 2026.
Status: in_committee. Latest action: February 12, 2025.
Public Agency Meetings and Records; Sunshine Law; Open Deliberation; Open Meeting; Appointment; Selection; Head of a State Division or Agency; Voting.
Requires appointments and selections of heads of state divisions and agencies that require a board approval to be made through a publicly established process and timeline. Requires the approval of the process and timeline to appoint or select a new head of a state division or agency to be determined in an open meeting. Requires that votes to appoint or select heads of state divisions and agencies be conducted in an open meeting. Provides that any vote to appoint or select a head of a state division or agency cast in violation of the foregoing shall be invalid. Effective 1/1/2491. (SD1)
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 0000-00-00 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2025-02-12 | Status | in_committee |
| 2025-02-12 | Latest Action | Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. |