SB629: Relating To The Hawaii Tourism Authority.

Introduced.

Passed First Reading.

Referred to EET, WAM.

The committee(s) on EET has scheduled a public hearing on 02-16-23 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

The committee(s) on EET recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in EET were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Wakai, Kim, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fukunaga ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

Reported from EET (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 611) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.

Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.

The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-22-23 9:30AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, Aquino, DeCoite, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, Moriwaki, Shimabukuro, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 707) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).

48 Hrs. Notice 03-07-23.

Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Ihara. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Fukunaga). Transmitted to House.

Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 215) in amended form (SD 1).

Pass First Reading

Referred to TOU, FIN, referral sheet 17

Bill scheduled to be heard by TOU on Tuesday, 03-14-23 10:00AM in House conference room 423 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

The committee on TOU recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Quinlan, Hussey-Burdick, La Chica, Lamosao, Nakamura, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Holt, Kong.

Reported from TOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1231) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Perruso excused (1).

Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 03-29-23 3:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Cochran, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Ward; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Kila, Nishimoto.

Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1946), recommending passage on Third Reading.

Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Kahaloa, Kila, Ward voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Kong voting no (1) and Representative(s) Mizuno excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 596).

Senate disagrees with House amendments.

Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 558).

Senate Conferees Appointed: DeCoite Chair; Wakai Co-Chair; Kim.

Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 915).

House Conferees Appointed: Quinlan, Yamashita Co-Chairs; Kitagawa, Lamosao, Pierick.

Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 840).

Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-27-23 10:10AM; Conference Room 325.

Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-23 10:10AM; Conference Room 325.

Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-23 at 4:45 PM; Conference Room 225.

Carried over to 2024 Regular Session.

Senate Conferee(s) discharged.

Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 340).

House Conferee(s) discharged.

Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).