On April 1, the Hawaii House sent SB 94 back to the House Judiciary Committee. This means the bill is stalled, and probably won’t pass. It provided that candidates for president and certain other offices must reveal their income tax returns for the last year.

The other bill, HB 712, has a hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee on April 2. It relates only to presidential candidates, and also tells presidential electors that they cannot vote for anyone for president who hasn’t released tax returns.

The California Senate Judiciary Committee will hear SB 27 on Tuesday, April 2, in the early afternoon. This is the bill that says presidential primary candidates cannot be on the ballot unless they release the last five years of their income tax returns. Here is the Analysis of the bill prepared for the Committee.

On March 31, Ukraine held a presidential election. No one got a majority, but Volodymyr Zelensky placed first. A runoff will be held on April 21.

Zelensky has never held elective office, but he was well-known because he is an actor who played on a political drama series. In the series, he was a schoolteacher who made an extemporaneous outburst, wondering why voters constantly vote for corrupt individuals. In the fictional series, he is filmed while making that outburst, and is persuaded to run, and he wins. See this summary of the TV show, written before the actual election.