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The Hawaiian Lesson: How Can Seemingly Crazy Legislation Get Introduced?


Forget law enforcement: a few angry residents called their representative, and almost killed an industry.


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You might remember School House Rock and “How a Bill Becomes a Law.”


The after school video shows a lonely little bill sitting on Capitol Hill waiting to be discussed in committee. While the video talks about the process at the federal level, the beginning of a bill is much the same at the state level. This is how HB1178 was introduced in Hawaii. If you haven’t heard, HB1178 was a proposal that would effectively ban the possession, sale or use of specific autosound equipment in the state of Hawaii. It cited aftermarket speakers over a certain size and power handling capacity, and all aftermarket amplifiers. HB1178 was introduced, read and then sent to committee in February 2011, where it was “deferred indefinitely,” or essentially killed. But because it was introduced in 2011, it can be revived in 2012 without any re-submittal. When I spoke with a spokesperson at Rep. Marcus Oshiro’s office (the House member who introduced the proposal), I found that HB1178 was the re- sult of overwhelming feedback from his constituents. Judie Hoeppner of Kauai submitted testimony in support of the bill.


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