| Measure Title: | RELATING TO VOLUNTARY EMPLOYEES' BENEFICIARY ASSOCIATION TRUSTS. |
| Report Title: | VEBA Trust; Authorized |
| Description: | Authorizes and sets forth the requirements for the establishment of a VEBA trust by public employee organizations to provide health benefits for its members. Establishes a VEBA trust three-year pilot program to allow for the analysis of the costs and benefits of a VEBA trust against those of the Hawaii EUTF. (HB1608 CD1) |
| Package: | None |
| Companion: | SB579, HB122 |
| Introducer(s): | TAKUMI, ABINSAY, BERG, CHANG, CHING, EVANS, GREEN, HALFORD, HERKES, HIRAKI, ITO, KAHIKINA, KANOHO, KARAMATSU, KAWAKAMI, LEE, MAGAOAY, MARUMOTO, MORITA, MOSES, NISHIMOTO, B. OSHIRO, PINE, SHIMABUKURO, SONSON, STONEBRAKER, TAKAI, THIELEN, TSUJI, WATERS, YAMANE, Chong, Finnegan, Hale, Meyer, Souki, Takamine, Tanaka, Yamashita |
| Current Referral: | LBR, WAM |
| Date | Status Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 1/27/2005 | H | Introduced and Pass First Reading |
| 1/31/2005 | H | Referred to EDN/LAB, FIN, referral sheet 7 |
| 2/7/2005 | H | Bill scheduled to be heard by EDN/LAB on Wednesday, 02-09-05 at 2:00 pm in House conference room 309. |
| 2/9/2005 | H | The committees on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Berg, Green, Hale, Kahikina, Shimabukuro, Waters, Finnegan; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Arakaki, Cabanilla, Chang, Ching. |
| 2/9/2005 | H | The committees on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Caldwell, Nakasone, Chong, Ito, M. Oshiro, Shimabukuro, Souki; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Fox, Meyer; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| 2/14/2005 | H | Reported from the committee on EDN/LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 247), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to the committee on FIN. |
| 2/14/2005 | H | Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no and Representative(s) Meyer excused. |
| 2/14/2005 | H | Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 02-16-05 at 5:00 pm in House conference room 308. |
| 2/16/2005 | H | The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Takamine, Kawakami, Chong, Evans, Lee, Magaoay, Nakasone, Nishimoto, Tsuji, Wakai, Yamane, Yamashita, Pine; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Carroll, Tanaka, Fox; 0 Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Karamatsu, Meyer, Moses. |
| 2/17/2005 | H | Reported from the committee on FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 675) as amended in (HD 1), recommending passage on Third Reading. |
| 2/17/2005 | H | Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 2/22/2005. |
| 2/22/2005 | H | Passed Third Reading as amended in (HD 1) with none voting no and Representative(s) Cabanilla, Chang excused. |
| 2/22/2005 | H | Transmitted to Senate. |
| 2/23/2005 | S | Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 21). |
| 2/23/2005 | S | Passed First Reading and referred to LBR, WAM. |
| 3/11/2005 | S | The committee on LBR has scheduled a public hearing on 03-14-05 at 2:45 pm in conference room 229. |
| 3/14/2005 | S | The committee(s) on LBR recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in LBR were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kanno; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Taniguchi ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Slom; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Ihara. |
| 3/24/2005 | S | Reported from LBR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1208) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM. |
| 3/24/2005 | S | Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| 4/6/2005 | S | The committee on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-08-05 at 10:00 am in conference room 211. |
| 4/8/2005 | S | The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 11 Aye(s): Senator(s) Tsutsui, English, Espero, Fukunaga, Hooser, Inouye, Kanno, Kim, Hemmings; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Taniguchi, Nishihara ; 3 No(es): Senator(s) Kokubun, Slom, Trimble; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Sakamoto. |
| 4/8/2005 | S | Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1619) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). |
| 4/8/2005 | S | 48 Hrs. Notice 04-12-05. |
| 4/12/2005 | S | Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 20; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Hee, Nishihara . Noes, 5 (Senator(s) Hanabusa, Kokubun, Slom, Trimble, Whalen). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. |
| 4/12/2005 | H | Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 625) in amended form (SD 2). |
| 4/14/2005 | H | House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). |
| 4/15/2005 | S | Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 606). |
| 4/18/2005 | H | House conferees appointed: Takumi, Caldwell, Takamine Co-Chairs; Ching. |
| 4/19/2005 | S | Senate Conferees appointed: Kanno, Chair; Taniguchi, Co-Chair(s); Fukunaga, Hemmings. |
| 4/20/2005 | S | Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 662). |
| 4/19/2005 | H | Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 719). |
| 4/20/2005 | H | Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-21-05 at 1:50 pm in conference room 329. |
| 4/21/2005 | S | Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-22-05 at 2:00 pm in conference room 329. |
| 4/22/2005 | H | Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Monday 04-25-05 at 2:15 pm in conference room 329. |
| 4/25/2005 | H | Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Tuesday 04-26-05 at 2:30 pm in conference room 329. |
| 4/26/2005 | H | Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-27-05 at 2:15 pm in conference room 329. |
| 4/27/2005 | S | Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-05 at 10:00 am in conference room 225. |
| 4/28/2005 | S | Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-05 at 6:00 pm in conference room 225.. |
| 4/28/2005 | S | Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-29-05 at 11:30 am in conference room 225. |
| 4/28/2005 | H | Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-29-05 at 11:30 am in conference room 225. |
| 4/29/2005 | S | The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kanno, Taniguchi, Fukunaga, Hemmings; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| 4/29/2005 | H | The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments.The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Caldwell, Takamine; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Ching; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| 4/29/2005 | H | Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 140) as amended in (CD 1). |
| 4/29/2005 | S | Reported from Conf. Com. as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 140). |
| 4/29/2005 | S | 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-03-05. |
| 4/29/2005 | H | Forty-eight (48) hours notice 05-03-05. |
| 5/3/2005 | S | Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). 19 Aye(s); Aye(s) with reservations: none . 5 No(es): Senator(s) Hanabusa, Kokubun, Slom, Trimble, Whalen. 1 Excused: Senator(s) Ige. |
| 5/3/2005 | H | Passed Final Reading as amended in (CD 1) with none voting no and none excused. |
| 5/5/2005 | S | Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 776). |
| 5/4/2005 | H | Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 800). |
| 5/5/2005 | H | Transmitted to Governor. |
| 6/27/2005 | S | Notice of Intent to veto dated 6/27/2005 (Gov. Msg. No. 985) |
| 6/27/2005 | H | Notice of intent to veto (Gov. Msg. No. 365) |
| 7/13/2005 | S | Became law without the Governor's signature, Act 245, 7/12/2005, (Gov. Msg. No. 1090). |
| 7/13/2005 | H | Enacted into law without Governor's signature, Act 245, 7/12/2005, (Gov. Msg. No. 455). |
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