RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.
Summary
Establishes an enforcement division in the Department of the Attorney General. Transfers to the Department of the Attorney General Enforcement Division the law enforcement activities of the Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement; Department of Public Safety state law enforcement officers and narcotics enforcement investigators with the Narcotics Enforcement Division; and Department of Transportation Harbors Division. Repeals the sunset of Act 116, Session Laws of Hawaii 2013, as amended by section 4 of Act 101, SLH 2015. (HB2203 HD1)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2018
Committee Review
Mar 2018
House Passage
Mar 2018
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 22, 2018
Last action Mar 6, 2018
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
4
Committee
9
Mar 6, 2018
Committee
Referred to GVO/JDC/PSM, WAM.
upper
Mar 6, 2018
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 201).
upper
Mar 2, 2018
Lower · Passed
Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) McDermott, Thielen, Tupola, Ward voting no (4) and Representative(s) Ing, San Buenaventura, Say, Yamane excused (4). Transmitted to Senate.
lower
Feb 22, 2018
Lower · Passed
The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 12 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Cachola, Fukumoto, Gates, Holt, Lowen, Todd, Yamashita; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) DeCoite, Kobayashi, Nakamura; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Ward; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Keohokalole, Tupola.
lower
Feb 16, 2018
Committee
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Har, Tupola, Ward voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Say, Thielen voting no (2) and Representative(s) DeCoite, Ing, Nakamura, Onishi, Woodson excused (5).
lower
Feb 16, 2018
Committee
Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 593-18), recommending referral to FIN.
lower
Feb 13, 2018
Lower · Passed
The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Nishimoto, San Buenaventura, Brower, C. Lee, Morikawa, Takayama, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Thielen; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
lower
Feb 9, 2018
Committee
Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 245-18) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JUD.
lower
Feb 8, 2018
Lower · Passed
The committees on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Holt, Evans, Ichiyama, Keohokalole, Yamashita, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
lower
Jan 31, 2018
Committee
Re-referred to LAB, JUD, FIN, referral sheet 13
lower
Jan 26, 2018
Committee
Referred to LAB/TRN/PBS/WAL, JUD, FIN, referral sheet 8
lower
Jan 24, 2018
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
Jan 22, 2018
Introduced
Pending introduction.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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