Governor Signs More than Seventy Bills Before End of Session
News Release from Senate Democratic Caucus May 10, 2013
Governor Neil Abercrombie signed more than 70 Bills into law before the end of the 2013 Legislative Session. The Legislature passed 293 bills, 170 of which were Senate Bills. Below are statistics of measures from the Hawaii State Legislature’s 2013 Regular Session as of May 2, 2013. The 2013 Legislative Session ended on May 2.
Hawaii State Legislature Regular Session of 2013 Legislative Statistics as of May 2, 2013
| |
Introduced |
Passed |
Acts |
Vetoes |
| House bills |
1484
|
123
|
23
|
0
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| Senate bills |
1388
|
170
|
48
|
0
|
| Total |
2872
|
293
|
71
|
0
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*Passed total includes SB0886 & SB1084 which propose to amend the Constitution of the State of Hawaii.
| Resolutions |
Introduced
|
Adopted
|
| House Concurrent Resolutions |
241
|
44
|
| House Resolutions |
219
|
96
|
| Senate Concurrent Resolutions |
202
|
45
|
| Senate Resolutions |
154
|
76
|
| Total |
816
|
261
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Important Dates
| 35th day after adjournment sine die |
June 24, 2013 |
Ten days’ notice of plans to return a bill with objections
deadline.
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| 45th day after adjournment sine die |
July 9, 2013 |
The governor shall have forty-five days, after the adjournment of the legislature sine die, to consider bills presented to the governor less than ten days before such adjournment, or presented after adjournment, and any such bill shall become law on the forty-fifth day unless the governor by proclamation shall have given ten days’ notice to the legislature that the governor plans to return such bill with the governor’s objections on that day.
(Source: Hawaii State Constitution, Article III , section XVI)
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The above statistics are courtesy of the Hawaii Legislative Reference Bureau (LRB). You can view other helpful reports about the 2013 Legislative Session on their website at: http://hawaii.gov/lrb/ .
For other helpful links:
To view a list of bills that passed the Legislature: http://go.usa.gov/T6Gw
To view a list of resolutions that passed the Legislature: http://go.usa.gov/T6Ge
To view a list of bills signed by the Governor: http://go.usa.gov/T67x
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