URGING THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO GRANT FULL VETERANS BENEFITS TO FILIPINO VETERANS WHO FOUGHT IN WORLD WAR II BUT WERE SUBSEQUENTLY DENIED THE BENEFITS TO WHICH THEY WERE ENTITLED.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2018
Committee Review
Apr 2018
House Passage
Apr 2018
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 9, 2018
Last action Apr 4, 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
12
Key actions
5
Committee
6
Apr 4, 2018
Lower · Passed
Resolution adopted in final form.
lower
Apr 4, 2018
Lower · Passed
Adopted with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Choy, Fukumoto, Holt, C. Lee, McKelvey excused (5).
lower
Apr 4, 2018
Lower · Passed
Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1774-18), recommending adoption.
lower
Apr 3, 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, DeCoite, Gates, Holt, Keohokalole, Kobayashi, Lowen, Nakamura, Todd, Yamashita; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Fukumoto, Tupola, Ward.
lower
Mar 28, 2018
Committee
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Souki excused (1).
lower
Mar 28, 2018
Committee
Reported from VMI (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1684-18), recommending referral to FIN.
lower
Mar 23, 2018
Lower · Passed
The committees on VMI recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) LoPresti, Fukumoto, Cachola, Ohno, Onishi, Woodson; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Choy, Ito, Tokioka, Ward.
lower
Mar 13, 2018
Committee
Referred to VMI, FIN, referral sheet 39
lower
Mar 9, 2018
Introduced
Offered
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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