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Hawaii Crime Victims' Bill of Rights Amendment (2016)
| Crime Victims' Bill of Rights Amendment | |
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| Election date November 8, 2016 | |
| Topic Civil and criminal trials | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
| Voting on Civil and Criminal Trials |
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The Hawaii Crime Victims' Bill of Rights Amendment was not put on the November 8, 2016 ballot in Hawaii as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The measure, upon voter approval, would have guaranteed a victim of a crime or the deceased victim’s serving immediate family members the right to "courteous, fair and respectful treatment throughout the criminal justice process; notification of critical proceedings, possible plea agreements and case dispositions; a speedy trial; the opportunity to be present at public proceedings; the opportunity to speak at the sentencing hearing; financial reimbursement from the offender; and notification of the offender’s release from custody."[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The proposed ballot question was:[1]
| “ | Shall victims of crime and their surviving immediate family members be provided rights in the Constitution of the State of Hawaii, including courteous, fair and respectful treatment throughout the criminal justice process; notification of critical proceedings, possible plea agreements and case dispositions; a speedy trial; the opportunity to be present at public proceedings; the opportunity to speak at the sentencing hearing; financial reimbursement from the offender; and notification of the offender’s release from custody?[2] | ” |
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Hawaii Constitution
The Hawaii State Legislature can propose a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in two different ways:
- Through a two-thirds vote in both the Hawaii State Senate and the Hawaii House of Representatives, held in one legislative session.
- Through a simple majority vote in both chambers, held in two successive sessions of the legislature.
The measure was introduced in the Hawaii State Legislature on January 23, 2015, and was referred to the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Labor on January 26, 2015. One February 10, 2016, the committee deferred the measure.[3]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hawaii Legislature, "SB 679," accessed February 12, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Hawaii State Legislature, "SB679," accessed July 29, 2016
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