New for 2018, the Convention of States Hawaii team has devised a plan for legislative success: filing the Convention of States (COS) resolution as early as possible.
Sponsors in both the Hawaii House and Senate are poised to submit identical resolutions within the first few days of the 2018 legislative session. With no change in either the language or sponsors from last year, getting the application recorded and registered early in each house will be much easier.
Filing early, well ahead of the March 9th deadline, assures referrals to House and Senate committees in plenty of time for public hearings. Committee hearings will provide a great opportunity for COS supporters to provide written testimony and then join our team at the capitol as we present our case directly to committee members.
Are your state legislators among the 16 that sponsored our convention of States resolution last year? Take a look:
2017 Senate Prime Sponsors (Introducers) for Senate Concurrent Resoltuion (SCR) 58
Senator Gabbard, District 20 
Senator Harimoto, District 16
2017 Senate Co-Sponsors for Senate Concurrent Resolution (SCR) 58
Senator Espero Senator Inouye Senator Riviere Senator Wakai
Senate District 19 Senate District 4 Senate District 23 Senate District 15
2017 Prime Sponsors (Introducers) in the House of Representatives for HCR 182
Rep Kong Rep Brower Rep Cachola Rep Creagan
House District 33 House District 22 House District 30 House District 5
Rep DeCoite Rep Evans Rep McDermott Rep Say
House District 13 House District 7 House District 40 House District 20
Rep Ward, House District 17
2017 House of Representatives Co-Sponsor for HCR 182
Rep Tupola, House District 43
Didn't see your Senator or Representative above? Not sure which district you live in? Check out these links to help you connect with your state legislators:
Sample letter to state legislators
Wanna help out our Hawaii team? We welcome your particiaption in whatever capacity you have time for. Take a look at all the volunteer options available to you.
