SB 2494 SD 2

RELATING TO EMPOWERMENT OF THE BLIND

By Senator(s) CHUN OAKLAND

Keywords: ATTORNEYS, COUNTY GOVERNMENT, DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, HANDICAPPED, HUMAN SERVICES, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, VENDORS AND VENDING

Report Title: Blind Vendors; Private Lawyers

Description: Allows the State Committee of Blind Vendors to hire private counsel; allocates moneys in the Randolph-Sheppard revolving account into a federal source subaccount and a non-federal source account; allows expenditure from non-federal source account for purposes of the revolving account; makes an appropriation. (SD2)

 1-21-00        S Introduced and passed First Reading                      
 1-24-00        S Referred to 1. HHS 2. WAM                                
 2- 4-00        S Bill scheduled to be heard by HHS on 02-11-00 at
                  4:00 p.m. in conference room 229.
 2-11-00        S The measure is deferred until 02-18-00 at 1:00 p.m.         
                  in conference room 229.
 2-18-00        S The committee on HHS recommends that the measure be         
                  PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
 2-18-00        S The votes in HHS were as follows: 4 Ayes: Senator(s)        
                  Chun Oakland, Iwase, Fukunaga, Levin; Ayes with
                  reservations: Senator(s) ; none Noes: Senator(s) ;
                  and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Anderson
 2-18-00        S Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2346) with
                  recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as
                  amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM
 2-18-00        S Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended
                  (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
 2-28-00        S Bill scheduled for decision making by WAM on
                  03-01-00 at 6:00 p.m. in conference room 211.
 3- 2-00        S The committee on WAM recommends that the measure be         
                  PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
 3- 2-00        S The votes in WAM were as follows: 10 Ayes:
                  Senator(s) Fukunaga, Levin, Buen, Chun Oakland, M.
                  Ige, Iwase, Kawamoto, Nakata, Tam, Taniguchi; Ayes
                  with reservations: Senator(s) ; none Noes:
                  Senator(s) ; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) Chun, D. Ige,        
                  Anderson
 3- 3-00        S Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2520) with
                  recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as
                  amended (SD 2)
 3- 3-00        S 48 hours notice 03-07-00                                 
 3- 7-00        S Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD        
                  2). Ayes, 25.  Noes, none.  Excused, none.
 3- 7-00        S Transmitted to House                                     
 3- 7-00        H Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 186)                 
 3- 9-00        H Introduced and passed First Reading                      
 3-10-00        H Referred to the committees on HSH/JHA, and then
                  referred to the committee on FIN, referral sheet 30
 3-21-00        H Bill scheduled to be heard by HSH/JHA on Thursday, 
                  03/23/00 at 2:00 P.M. in House conference room
                  325.
 3-23-00        H The committees on HSH/JHA recommend that the
                  measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.
 3-23-00        H The votes in HSH were as follows:7 Ayes: Rep.(s)
                  Arakaki, Kahikina, Lee, Santiago, Stegmaier, Leong,         
                  McDermott; Ayes with reservations: Rep.(s) ; none
                  Noes: Rep.(s) ; and 1 Excused: Rep.(s) Kawakami;
                  and
 3-23-00        H The votes in JHA were as follows:13 Ayes: Rep.(s)
                  Hamakawa, Saiki, Chang, Garcia, Hiraki,
                  Kaho`ohalahala, Lee, Morita, Takumi, Auwae,
                  Pendleton, Thielen, Whalen; Ayes with reservations:         
                  Rep.(s) ; none Noes: Rep.(s) ; and 2 Excused:
                  Rep.(s) Cachola, Yoshinaga
 3-24-00        H Reported from the committee on HSH/JHA (Stand. Com.
                  Rep. No. 1062-00), recommending passage on Second
                  Reading and referral to the committee on FIN
 3-24-00        H Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee         
                  on FIN
 3-24-00        H The vote was as follows:  48 aye(s), with none
                  voting no and Representative(s) Okamura, Pendleton,         
                  Takamine excused