SB 2880 SD 2 HD 1

RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE REVOLVING FUND

By Senator(s) MIZUGUCHI (BR)

Companion Bill: HB 2539

Subjects: Governor

Keywords: ALTERNATE ENERGY, CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, FUEL TAX, GASOLINE AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES, PUBLIC SAFETY, TAX ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION, TAXATION, WATER RESOURCES

Report Title: Environmental Response Tax

Description: Increases the environmental response tax on petroleum products from five cents to an unspecified amount per barrel. Expands the uses of the environmental response revolving fund to support a broad range of environmental protection and natural resource protection programs. (SB2880 HD1)

 1-25-00        S Introduced and passed First Reading                      
 1-27-00        S Referred to 1. LRE 2. WAM                                
 2- 9-00        S Bill scheduled to be heard by LRE on 02-15-00 at
                  1:00 p.m. in conference room 225.
 2-15-00        S The committee on LRE recommends that the measure be         
                  PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
 2-15-00        S The votes in LRE were as follows: 5 Ayes: Senator(s)        
                  Nakata, Chun Oakland, Ihara, Kanno; Ayes with
                  reservations: Senator(s) Slom; none Noes: Senator(s)        
                  ; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) M. Ige, Chumbley,
                  Fukunaga
 2-17-00        S Reported from LRE (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2187) with
                  recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as
                  amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM
 2-17-00        S Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended
                  (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
 2-26-00        S Bill scheduled for decision making by WAM on
                  02-28-00 at 6:00 p.m. in conference room 211.
 2-28-00        S The measure is deferred until 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: 6 Ayes: Senator(s)        
                  Fukunaga, Levin, Chun, Chun Oakland; Ayes with
                  reservations: Senator(s) Buen, Kawamoto; 1 Noes:
                  Senator(s) M. Ige; and 6 Excused: Senator(s) D. Ige,        
                  Iwase, Nakata, Tam, Taniguchi, Anderson
 3- 3-00        S Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2767) 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. 293)                 
 3- 9-00        H Introduced and passed First Reading                      
 3- 9-00        H Referred to the committees on 1. EEP 2. FIN ,
                  referral sheet 29
 3-16-00        H Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Monday, 03/20/
                  00 at 8:30 A.M. in House conference room 312.
 3-20-00        H The committee on EEP recommends that the measure be         
                  PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
 3-20-00        H The votes in EEP were as follows:6 Ayes: Rep.(s)
                  Morita, Garcia, Cachola, Kanoho, Schatz, Takumi;
                  Ayes with reservations: Rep.(s) Meyer; none Noes:
                  Rep.(s) ; and 1 Excused: Rep.(s) Thielen
 3-22-00        H Reported from the committee on EEP (Stand. Com. Rep.        
                  No. 952-00) as amended in (HD 1), recommending
                  passage on Second Reading and referral to the
                  committee on FIN
 3-22-00        H Passed Second Reading as amended in (HD 1) and
                  referred to the committee on FIN
 3-22-00        H The vote was as follows:  36 aye(s) to 9 no(es),
                  with Representative(s) Auwae, Halford, Leong,
                  Marumoto, McDermott, Meyer, Moses, Rath, Whalen
                  voting no and Representative(s) Cachola, Herkes,
                  Menor, Okamura, Pendleton, Schatz excused