| Measure Title: | RELATING TO GOVERNMENT. |
| Report Title: | Education; General Excise Tax; Appropriation ($) |
| Description: | Increases the GET and Use Tax by 1/2%, dedicates $120 million from the GET to lower and higher education; provides a food tax credit of up to $80; increases standard deduction amount; appropriates $79.9 million to lower and higher education; and is repealed in ten years. (SD2) |
| Package: | None |
| Companion: | |
| Introducer(s): | M. OSHIRO, Say, Lee, Takamine |
| Current Referral: | WAM |
| Date | Status Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 1/22/2003 | H | Introduced |
| 1/22/2003 | H | Pass First Reading |
| 1/24/2003 | H | Referred to LAB, FIN, referral sheet 3. |
| 2/8/2003 | H | Bill scheduled to be heard by LAB on Tuesday, 02-11-03 at 8:30 am in House conference room 309. |
| 2/12/2003 | H | The committees on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) M. Oshiro, Nakasone, Caldwell, Mindo, Blundell, Pendleton; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Ito, Souki, Moses. |
| 2/14/2003 | H | Reported from the committee on LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 565) as amended in (HD 1), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to the committee on FIN. |
| 2/14/2003 | H | Passed Second Reading as amended in (HD 1) and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Fox, Marumoto, Meyer voting no and Representative(s) Abinsay, Blundell, Souki, Thielen excused. |
| 2/19/2003 | H | Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 02-21-03 at 10:00 am in House conference room 308. |
| 2/21/2003 | H | The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 12 Ayes: Representative(s) Takamine, Kawakami, Kaho`ohalahala, Karamatsu, Magaoay, Mindo, Nakasone, Nishimoto, Wakai, Waters, Bukoski; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Meyer; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Moses; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Shimabukuro, Jernigan. |
| 2/28/2003 | H | Reported from the committee on FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 765) as amended in (HD 2), recommending passage on Third Reading. |
| 2/28/2003 | H | Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-04-03. |
| 3/4/2003 | H | Passed Third Reading as amended in (HD 2) with Representative(s) Bukoski, Ching, Finnegan, Fox, Jernigan, Leong, Marumoto, Meyer, Moses, Ontai, Pendleton, Stonebraker, Thielen voting no and Representative(s) Halford, Tamayo excused. |
| 3/4/2003 | H | Transmitted to Senate. |
| 3/6/2003 | S | Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 155). |
| 3/6/2003 | S | Passed First Reading. |
| 3/6/2003 | S | Deferred until 03-07-03. |
| 3/7/2003 | S | Referred to TMG/LBR, WAM. |
| 3/11/2003 | S | Bill scheduled to be heard by TMG/LBR on 03-14-03 at 1:15 pm in conference room 225. |
| 3/14/2003 | S | The committee(s) on TMG recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in TMG were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kawamoto, Espero, Aduja, Kanno; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) Baker, Menor, Whalen. |
| 3/14/2003 | S | The committee(s) on LBR recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in LBR were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kanno, Kawamoto, Taniguchi; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Slom; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Ihara, Sakamoto. |
| 3/21/2003 | S | Reported from TMG/LBR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1183) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM. Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| 3/29/2003 | S | Bill scheduled to be heard by WAM on 04-02-03 at 9:00 am in conference room 211. |
| 4/2/2003 | S | The committee on WAM deferred the measure until 04-03-03 at 8:30 am in conference room 211. |
| 4/3/2003 | S | The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 12 Aye(s): Senator(s) Taniguchi, Kokubun, English, Espero, Hooser, Inouye, Kanno, Kawamoto, Kim, Sakamoto, Tsutsui; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Aduja ; 3 No(es): Senator(s) Hemmings, Slom, Trimble; and 0 Excused: none. |
| 4/4/2003 | S | Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1426) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). |
| 4/4/2003 | S | 48 Hrs. Notice 04-08-03. |
| 4/8/2003 | S | Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 18; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Aduja, Fukunaga, Menor . Noes, 7 (Senator(s) Hemmings, Hogue, Ige, Ihara, Slom, Trimble, Whalen). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. |
| 4/8/2003 | H | Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 557) in amended form (SD 2). |
| 4/10/2003 | H | House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). |
| 4/11/2003 | S | Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 509). |
| 4/16/2003 | S | Re-Referred to WAM. |
| 8/21/2003 | D | Carried over to 2004 Regular Session |
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