SB 2993 SD 2 HD 2

RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT

By Senator(s) KANNO / HANABUSA / CHUN OAKLAND / NAKATA

Keywords: AGRICULTURE, CITY AND COUNTY OF HONOLULU, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, DEPT. OF BUS., ECON. DEV., & TOURISM, Dept. of commerce and consumer affairs, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, FIREFIGHTERS, HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES, HEALTH, HOUSING, INSURANCE, LAND USE, LITTER, NOISE, NUISANCES, PUBLIC SAFETY, REFUSE AND REFUSE DISPOSAL, TRADE REGULATIONS, WATER RESOURCES

Report Title: Environmental Health

Description: Requests a variety of studies, including the Hawaii State Emergency Response Commission to evaluate safety of chemical facilities statewide. Expands duties of the Environmental Council to include conducting investigations to secure information concerning ecology and environmental quality. (SB2993 HD2)

 1-26-00        S Introduced and passed First Reading                      
 1-27-00        S Referred to CPN/LRE, then to WAM                         
 2- 4-00        S Bill scheduled to be heard by CPN/LRE on 02-09-00
                  at 9:30 a.m. in conference room 016.
 2- 9-00        S The committee on CPN deferred the measure until
                  02-16-00 at 9:00 a.m. in conference room 016.
 2- 9-00        S The committee on LRE deferred the measure until
                  02-17-00 at 1:00 p.m. in conference room 225.
 2-16-00        S The committee on CPN recommends that the measure be         
                  PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
 2-16-00        S The votes in CPN were as follows: 5 Ayes: Senator(s)        
                  Kanno, Taniguchi, Ihara, Inouye, Matsuura; Ayes with        
                  reservations: Senator(s) ; 1 Noes: Senator(s) Slom;         
                  and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Bunda, Hanabusa
 2-17-00        S The committee on LRE recommends that the measure be         
                  PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
 2-17-00        S The votes in LRE were as follows: 6 Ayes: Senator(s)        
                  Nakata, Chun Oakland, Ihara, Kanno; Ayes with
                  reservations: Senator(s) M. Ige, Chumbley; 1 Noes:
                  Senator(s) Slom; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fukunaga
 2-18-00        S Reported from CPN/LRE (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2407)
                  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.
 2-26-00        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, WITH AMENDMENTS.
 2-28-00        S The votes in WAM were as follows: 9 Ayes: Senator(s)        
                  Fukunaga, Levin, Chun Oakland, D. Ige, Kawamoto,
                  Nakata, Tam, Taniguchi; Ayes with reservations:
                  Senator(s) M. Ige; none Noes: Senator(s) ; and 4
                  Excused: Senator(s) Buen, Chun, Iwase, Anderson
 3- 3-00        S Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2548) 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, 23.  Noes, 2 (Anderson, Slom).  Excused,
                  none ().
 3- 7-00        S Transmitted to House                                     
 3- 7-00        H Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 329)                 
 3- 9-00        H Introduced and passed First Reading                      
 3-10-00        H Referred to the committees on 1. EEP 2. CPC 3. JHA
                  4. FIN , referral sheet 30
 3-13-00        H Re-referred to the committee on EEP, and then
                  jointly referred to committees on CPC/JHA, and then
                  referred to the committee on FIN, referral sheet 32
 3-14-00        H Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Thursday,
                  03-16-00 at 8:00 A.M. in House conference room 325.
 3-15-00        H Bill re-scheduled to be heard by EEP on Thursday,
                  03/16/00 at 8:30 A.M. in House conference room
                  312.
 3-16-00        H The committee(s) recommends that the measure be
                  deferred until 03-20-00.
 3-16-00        H Bill scheduled for decision making 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:4 Ayes: Rep.(s)
                  Morita, Garcia, Schatz, Takumi; Ayes with
                  reservations: Rep.(s) Cachola, Kanoho, Meyer; none
                  Noes: Rep.(s) ; and 1 Excused: Rep.(s) Thielen
 3-21-00        H Reported from the committee on EEP (Stand. Com. Rep.        
                  No. 928-00) as amended in (HD 1), recommending
                  passage on Second Reading and referral to the
                  committee on CPC/JHA
 3-21-00        H Passed Second Reading as amended in (HD 1) and
                  referred to the committee on CPC/JHA
 3-21-00        H The vote was as follows:  44 aye(s), with none
                  voting no and Representative(s) Cachola, Catalani,
                  Chang, Goodenow, Herkes, Morita, Okamura excused
 3-21-00        H Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC/JHA on Thursday, 
                  03/23/00 at 6:00 P.M. in House conference room
                  325.
 3-23-00        H The committees on CPC/JHA recommend that the
                  measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
 3-23-00        H The votes in CPC were as follows:9 Ayes: Rep.(s)
                  Menor, Lee, Cachola, Garcia, Kaho`ohalahala, Morita,        
                  Rath, Thielen, Whalen; Ayes with reservations:
                  Rep.(s) ; none Noes: Rep.(s) ; and 6 Excused:
                  Rep.(s) Chang, Herkes, Hiraki, Takumi, Yoshinaga,
                  Halford; and
 3-23-00        H The votes in JHA were as follows:9 Ayes: Rep.(s)
                  Saiki, Cachola, Garcia, Kaho`ohalahala, Lee, Morita,        
                  Auwae, Thielen, Whalen; Ayes with reservations:
                  Rep.(s) ; none Noes: Rep.(s) ; and 6 Excused:
                  Rep.(s) Hamakawa, Chang, Hiraki, Takumi, Yoshinaga,         
                  Pendleton
 3-24-00        H Reported from the committee on CPC/JHA (Stand. Com.
                  Rep. No. 1072-00) as amended in (HD 2), recommending        
                  referral to the committee on FIN
 3-24-00        H Report adopted; Referred to the committee on FIN, as        
                  amended HD 2 with Representative(s) 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 3:45 P.M. in House conference room 308.
 4- 3-00        H The committee(s) recommends that the measure be
                  deferred.
 4- 6-00        H Bill scheduled for decision making on Thursday, 04/
                  06/00 at 3:15 P.M. in House conference room 308.
 4- 6-00        H The committee on FIN recommends that the measure be         
                  PASSED, UNAMENDED.
 4- 6-00        H The votes in FIN were as follows:14 Ayes: Rep.(s)
                  Takamine, Kawakami, Ahu Isa, Catalani, Espero,
                  Goodenow, Kahikina, Kanoho, Luke, Nakasone, Suzuki,         
                  Yamane, Fox, Marumoto; Ayes with reservations:
                  Rep.(s) Meyer, Moses; none Noes: Rep.(s) ; and 1
                  Excused: Rep.(s) Schatz
 4- 7-00        H Reported from the committee on FIN (Stand. Com. Rep.        
                  No. 1461-00), recommending passage on Third Reading
 4-11-00        H Passed Third Reading                                     
 4-11-00        H The vote was as follows:  48 aye(s), with none
                  voting no and Representative(s) Okamura, Santiago,
                  Yoshinaga excused
 4-11-00        H Transmitted to Senate                                    
 4-13-00        S Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 610)                  
 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: Kanno, Taniguchi,
                  Nakata, Hanabusa, (Co-)Chair; 
 4-17-00        H House conferees appointed: Morita, Menor, Saiki,
                  Kanoho (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)
 4-21-00        S Conference committee meeting scheduled on 04-24-00
                  at 4:30 p.m. in conference room 016.
 4-24-00        S Conference committee meeting to reconvene on
                  04-25-00 at 8:45 a.m. in conference room 225.
 4-25-00        S Conference committee meeting to reconvene on
                  04-26-00 at 11:00 a.m. in conference room 016.
 4-26-00        H Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on
                  Wednesday, 04-26-00 at 4:00 P.M. in conference room         
                  016.
 4-26-00        S Conference committee meeting to reconvene on
                  04-27-00 at 1:00 p.m. in conference room 016.
 4-27-00        H Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on
                  Thursday, 04-27-00 at 6:20 P.M. in conference room
                  016.
 4-27-00        H The Conference Committee recommends that the measure        
                  be Passed, with Amendments.
 4-27-00        S The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as         
                  follows: 4 Ayes: Senator(s) Kanno, Taniguchi,
                  Nakata, Hanabusa; Ayes with reservations: Senator(s)        
                  ; none Noes: Senator(s) ; and none Excused:
                  Senator(s) .
 4-27-00        H The votes by House Conference Managers were as
                  follows: 4 Ayes: Rep.(s) Morita, Menor, Saiki,
                  Kanoho; Ayes with reservations: Rep.(s) Moses; none         
                  Noes: Rep.(s) ; and none Excused: Rep.(s)