SB 2905 HD 2

RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY

By Senator(s) MIZUGUCHI (BR)

Companion Bill: HB 2564

Subjects: Governor

Keywords: LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR, UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE

Report Title: Employment security

Description: Phases out the Employment and Training Fund assessment from .05 per cent to .01 per cent of taxable wages over a three-year period. (SB2905 HD2)

 1-25-00        S Introduced and passed First Reading                      
 1-27-00        S Referred to 1. LRE 2. WAM                                
 2- 7-00        S Bill scheduled to be heard by LRE on 02-10-00 at
                  1:00 p.m. in conference room 225.
 2-10-00        S The committee on LRE recommends that the measure be         
                  PASSED, UNAMENDED.
 2-10-00        S The votes in LRE were as follows: 4 Ayes: Senator(s)        
                  Nakata, Chumbley, Chun Oakland, Kanno; Ayes with
                  reservations: Senator(s) ; 1 Noes: Senator(s) Slom;         
                  and 3 Excused: Senator(s) M. Ige, Fukunaga, Ihara
 2-16-00        S Reported from LRE (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2120) with
                  recommendation of passage on Second Reading and
                  referral to WAM
 2-16-00        S Report adopted; Passed Second Reading 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 committee on WAM recommends that the measure be         
                  PASSED, UNAMENDED.
 2-28-00        S The votes in WAM were as follows: 9 Ayes: Senator(s)        
                  Fukunaga, Levin, Chun Oakland, D. Ige, M. Ige,
                  Kawamoto, Nakata, Tam, Taniguchi; Ayes with
                  reservations: Senator(s) ; none Noes: Senator(s) ;
                  and 4 Excused: Senator(s) Buen, Chun, Iwase,
                  Anderson
 3- 3-00        S Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2483) with
                  recommendation of passage on Third Reading
 3- 3-00        S 24 hours notice 03-07-00                                 
 3- 7-00        S Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 22. 
                  Noes, 2 (Anderson, Slom).  Excused, 1 (Fukunaga).
 3- 7-00        S Transmitted to House                                     
 3- 7-00        H Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 299)                 
 3- 9-00        H Introduced and passed First Reading                      
 3- 9-00        H Referred to the committees on LAB/EDB, and then
                  referred to the committee on FIN, referral sheet 29
 3-15-00        H Bill scheduled to be heard by LAB/EDB on Friday,
                  03/17/00 at 10:00 A.M. in House conference room
                  309.
 3-17-00        H The committee(s) recommends that the measure be
                  deferred.
 3-21-00        H Bill scheduled for decision making on Thursday,
                  03-23-00 at 10:30 A.M. in House conference room
                  325.
 3-23-00        H The committees on LAB/EDB recommend that the
                  measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
 3-23-00        H The votes in LAB were as follows:4 Ayes: Rep.(s)
                  Yoshinaga, Hiraki, Nakasone, Takai; Ayes with
                  reservations: Rep.(s) Catalani, Moses, Rath; none
                  Noes: Rep.(s) ; and 3 Excused: Rep.(s) Goodenow,
                  Okamura, Saiki; and
 3-23-00        H The votes in EDB were as follows:6 Ayes: Rep.(s)
                  Luke, Abinsay, Ahu Isa, Espero, Morihara, Suzuki;
                  Ayes with reservations: Rep.(s) Halford, Rath; none         
                  Noes: Rep.(s) ; and 5 Excused: Rep.(s) Herkes,
                  Chang, Ito, Kaho`ohalahala, Whalen
 3-24-00        H Reported from the committee on LAB/EDB (Stand. Com.
                  Rep. No. 1081-00) as amended in (HD 1), recommending        
                  passage on Second Reading and referral to the
                  committee on FIN
 3-24-00        H Passed Second Reading as amended in (HD 1) 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
 3-31-00        H Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Monday, 04/03/
                  00 at 4:30 P.M. in House conference room 308.
 4- 3-00        H The committee on FIN recommends that the measure be         
                  PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
 4- 3-00        H The votes in FIN were as follows:12 Ayes: Rep.(s)
                  Takamine, Kawakami, Catalani, Espero, Goodenow,
                  Kahikina, Kanoho, Luke, Nakasone, Schatz, Suzuki,
                  Yamane; Ayes with reservations: Rep.(s) Fox,
                  Marumoto, Meyer, Moses; none Noes: Rep.(s) ; and 1
                  Excused: Rep.(s) Ahu Isa
 4- 7-00        H Reported from the committee on FIN (Stand. Com. Rep.        
                  No. 1387-00) as amended in (HD 2), recommending
                  passage on Third Reading
 4- 7-00        H Forty-eight (48) hours notice 04-11-00                   
 4-11-00        H Passed Third Reading as amended in (HD 2)                
 4-11-00        H The vote was as follows:  48 aye(s) to 1 no(es),
                  with Representative(s) Rath voting no and
                  Representative(s) Okamura, Yamane excused
 4-11-00        H Transmitted to Senate                                    
 4-13-00        S Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 558)                  
 4-13-00        S Senate disagrees with House amendments.                  
 4-13-00        H Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 660)      
 4-17-00        S Senate Conferees appointed: Nakata, Fukunaga,
                  (Co-)Chair; Chun, M. Ige
 4-17-00        H House conferees appointed: Yoshinaga, Herkes,
                  Takamine (Co-)Chairman; Moses
 4-17-00        S Received notice of appointment of House conferees
                  (Hse. Com. No. 674).
 4-17-00        H Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No.
                  663)
 4-19-00        S Conference committee meeting scheduled on 04-20-00
                  at 5:00 p.m. in conference room 225.
 4-20-00        S Conference committee meeting to reconvene on
                  04-21-00 at 6:00 p.m. in conference room 225.
 4-24-00        H Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on
                  Monday, 04-24-00 at 6:00 P.M. in conference room
                  225.
 4-25-00        H Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on
                  Tuesday, 04-25-00 at 6:00 P.M. in conference room
                  225.
 4-26-00        S Conference committee meeting to reconvene on
                  04-26-00 at 5:30 p.m. in conference room 225.
 4-27-00        S Conference committee meeting to reconvene on
                  04-27-00 at 5:00 p.m. in conference room 225.
 4-27-00        H Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on
                  Thursday, 04/27/00 at 8:30 P.M. in conference room
                  225.
 4-28-00        S Conference committee meeting to reconvene on
                  04-28-00 at 3:00 p.m. in conference room 225.
 4-28-00        S The Senate Conference Managers recommend that the
                  Senate agree to the House amendments.
 4-28-00        S The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as         
                  follows: 3 Ayes: Senator(s) Nakata, Fukunaga, Chun;         
                  Ayes with reservations: Senator(s) ; none Noes:
                  Senator(s) ; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) M. Ige.
 5- 2-00        S Reconsideration of action taken on 04-13-00; agree
                  to House amendments
 5- 2-00        S Passed Final Reading. Ayes, 25.  Noes, none (). 
                  Excused, none ().
 5- 3-00        H Received notice of reconsideration and Final Reading        
                  (Sen. Com. No. 728)
 5- 3-00        S Enrolled to Governor                                     
 6- 9-00        H Act 197, on 06-08-00 (Gov. Msg. No. 229)                 
 6- 9-00        S Act 197, 06-08-00, (Gov. Msg. No. 351)