Hawaii Legislators' Handbook

HAWAII LEGISLATORS' HANDBOOK
TABLE OF CONTENTS

Regular Sessions
Special Sessions
Recesses and Extensions
Adjournment
Meeting Place
Meetings and Working Hours
Pre-session Meetings
Interim Meetings and Hearings
Executive Sessions

3. LEGISLATIVE MEMBERS

Senate
House of Representatives
Reapportionment and Reapportionment Years
1982 Reapportionment Court Case
1991 Reapportionment Commission Results
Senate Staggered Terms
Qualifications of Legislators
Disqualification of Members
Vacancies
Compensation

Constitutional Provisions
Statutory Provisions

Retirement Benefits
Privileges of Members
Discipline, Decorum, and Rules
Threats and Attempted Bribery

4. LEGISLATIVE ORGANIZATION

Seating of Members
Officers and Employees

President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of
Representatives
Vice-President and Vice-Speaker
President Pro Tempore and Speaker Pro Tempore
Clerk
Assistant Clerk
Sergeant-at-Arms
Chaplain

Committees

Standing Committees
Standing Committee Personnel
Special Committees
Conference Committees
Committee of the Whole
Investigating Committees
Interim Committees
Policy Committee (House of Representatives)
Committee on the Journal (House of Representatives)
Joint Legislative Management Committee
Joint Legislative Budget Committee
Joint Legislative Access Committee

5. DAILY LEGISLATIVE ROUTINE

House of Representatives: Order of Business
Senate: Order of Business

6. ENACTMENT OF LAWS

Introduction of Proposed Legislation
Numbering of Bills
Title of Bills
First Reading.
Second Reading
Committee Consideration
Prior Concurrence
Committee Reports
Third Reading
Consideration by the Second House
Recall of Bills
Conference Committee Consideration
Final Reading
Order of Passage
Engrossment and Enrollment
Carried-Over Bills
Constitutional Amendments
Consideration by the Governor
Consideration of a Veto
Publication as Law

7. ADOPTION OF RESOLUTIONS AND CERTIFICATES

Concurrent Resolutions
Single House Resolutions
Certificates

8. VOTING

Voice Vote
Vote by Raising of Hands
Vote by Standing or Rising
Vote by Roll Call
Voting by Unanimous Consent
Voting by Modified Consent Calendar (House of Representatives)
Voting Rights of Members
Required Vote

9. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE

Decisions; Appeals
Obtaining the Floor
Question of Personal Privilege, Point or Order,
Request for Information, and Call for a Division of the House Motions
Reconsideration of Drafts to a Bill After Deadlines

10. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE AGENCIES AND OFFICES

PART I

Offices of the House and Senate Clerks
House and Senate Sergeants-at-Arms
Other Staff Offices Serving Each House
Partisan Staff Offices

PART II

Office of the Auditor

Appointment; Term of Office
Responsibilities
Powers

Legislative Advisory Committee
Office of the Legislative Reference Bureau

Establishment and Responsibilities
Research
Statute Revision
Legislative Information Systems Office (LISO)
Legislative Reference Bureau Library
Public Access Room

The Ombudsman
Office of the Legislative Analyst

11. RESEARCH SERVICES AND RESOURCES

Staff Manuals
Research Services
Drafting of Legislative Measures
Legislative Journals
Supplies and Mail Distribution
Laws
Rules
Digests of Bills Introduced
SHADOW Information System
HO'IKE Bill Status Database
Listings of Bills Passed
Printed Copies of Bills
Compilation of Requests Made by the Hawaii Legislature
Legislative Reference Bureau Library Newsletters and
Acquisition Lists
Guide to Government in Hawaii and Directory of State, County,
and Federal Officials
Hawaii Administrative Rules Directory
Table of Sections of the Statutory Sections Implemented
How to Research Constitutional, Legislative, and Statutory
History in Hawaii

12. ETHICS

The State Ethics Commission
Administration and Enforcement

Gifts
Gifts Disclosure
Confidential Information
Fair Treatment
Conflicts of Interest
Contracts
Financial Disclosure
Former Legislators
Lobbyist Registration

GLOSSARY

APPENDICES

A. Provisions of the Constitution of the State of Hawaii Establishing and Governing the State Legislature

B. Maps of Election Districts (not currently available online)

1. Statewide

2. Island of Hawaii

3. Island of Maui

4. Island of Kauai

5. Island of Oahu

1. Rules of the Senate, State of Hawaii, the Nineteenth State Legislature (1997-1998)

2. Rules of the House of Representatives, State of Hawaii, the Nineteenth State Legislature (1997-1998)

D. Length of Legislative Sessions, Territory and State of Hawaii - 1901-1996 (not currently available online)