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HB 1591 Hawaii House · 2018 Regular Session

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII PROMISE PROGRAM.

Summary
Establishes the Hawaii Promise Program to provide scholarships for the unmet direct cost needs of qualified students enrolled at a University of Hawaii community college. Appropriates funds to establish and implement the program. (HB1591 HD2)
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Mar 2017
House Passage
Mar 2017
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 25, 2017 Last action Nov 30, 2017
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
16
Key actions
3
Committee
5
Mar 9, 2017
Committee
Referred to HRE, WAM.
upper
Mar 9, 2017
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 370).
upper
Mar 7, 2017
Lower · Passed
Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ichiyama excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.
lower
Feb 22, 2017
Lower · Passed
The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Cachola, DeCoite, Gates, Holt, Keohokalole, Kobayashi, LoPresti, Lowen, Nakamura, Tokioka, Quinlan, Yamashita, Tupola, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Choy.
lower
Feb 15, 2017
Committee
Reported from HED (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 370) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
lower
Feb 9, 2017
Lower · Passed
The committees on HED recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, Hashem, Creagan, Har, Ing, Ohno, Onishi, Takumi, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
lower
Jan 30, 2017
Committee
Referred to HED, FIN, referral sheet 6
lower
Jan 25, 2017
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
CE
Cindy Evans
DDemocratic
HI
7