Hawaii Senate
The Senate of Hawaii (Hawaii State Senate ) is the upper house of the Hawaii State Legislature, the legislature of the U.S. state of Hawaii.
The chamber of parliament is composed of 25 Senators representing an electoral district respectively. Deputies are elected for four -year terms; limiting the terms of office does not exist. The predecessor of the chamber was at the time of the Kingdom of Hawaii, the House of Nobles. Like most state legislatures in the United States is the chamber designed for part-time, so that the senators often pursue an active employment outside of government work.
The meeting room of the Senate is located together with the House of Representatives at the Hawaii State Capitol in the capital Honolulu. He found there a since March 15, 1969. Prior to the decision of the Governor John Anthony Burns, to build a new capitol building, the Hawaii State Senate met in the Iolani Palace.
Tasks of the Senate
The Senate of Hawaii fall As in upper houses in other states and territories, as well as in the U.S. Senate compared to the House of Representatives special tasks that go beyond the law. So it is up to the Senate, nominations of the Governor in his cabinet to accept or reject other offices of the executive branch and commissions and authorities.
Structure of the chamber
The President of the Senate is not as usual, the lieutenant governor, but an elected member of the Senate. Current Senate President Shan Tsutsui is the Democrat, 4th constituency.
For Majority Leader ( Majority leader) of the Democrats was Brickwood Galuteria, 12th electoral district, elected; Leader of the opposition (minority leader) is the Republican Sam Slom, 8th constituency.