Sign Up
SB 2504 Hawaii Senate · 2018 Regular Session

RELATING TO THE HAWAII TOURISM AUTHORITY.

Summary
Cancels the debt owed to the State by the Hawaii Tourism Authority for Convention Center construction costs and related interest. Amends the Transient Accommodations Tax (TAT) revenue allocation to the Convention Center Enterprise Special Fund. Establishes the Convention Center Repair and Maintenance Special Fund and the Convention Center Emergency Fund and allocates a portion of the TAT revenues to those funds. Amends the minimum balance of the Tourism Emergency Special Fund. (SB2504 HD1)
Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2018
Committee Review
Apr 2018
Senate Passage
Mar 2018
House Passage
Apr 2018
Governor
Introduced Jan 19, 2018 Last action Apr 25, 2018
Floor votes

How they voted

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

Actions timeline

Total actions
31
Key actions
9
Committee
12
Amendments
1
Apr 25, 2018
Upper · Passed
Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-26-18 11:30AM in conference room 423.
upper
Apr 6, 2018
Introduced
Senate disagrees with House amendments.
upper
Apr 6, 2018
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 459).
upper
Apr 5, 2018
Lower · Passed
Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Matsumoto, McDermott, Say, Thielen, Tupola, Ward voting no (6) and Representative(s) Choy, Holt, C. Lee, LoPresti, Nakashima, Quinlan excused (6). Transmitted to Senate.
lower
Mar 28, 2018
Lower · Passed
The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Cachola, DeCoite, Fukumoto, Gates, Holt, Keohokalole, Kobayashi, Lowen, Nakamura, Todd, Yamashita; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Ward; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Tupola.
lower
Mar 23, 2018
Committee
Reported from TOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1351-18) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
lower
Mar 20, 2018
Lower · Passed
The committees on TOU recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Onishi, Cachola, Choy, Ito, Woodson, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Fukumoto, LoPresti, Ohno.
lower
Mar 8, 2018
Committee
Referred to TOU, FIN, referral sheet 35
lower
Mar 6, 2018
Introduced
Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 199) in amended form (SD 2).
lower
Mar 6, 2018
Upper · Passed
Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Ihara, Kim . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
upper
Feb 28, 2018
Upper · Passed
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) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, English, Galuteria, Harimoto, Inouye, K. Kahele, Kidani, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
upper
Feb 23, 2018
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-28-18 10:45AM in conference room 211.
upper
Feb 16, 2018
Committee
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
upper
Feb 16, 2018
Committee
Reported from ETT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2420) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
upper
Feb 12, 2018
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on ETT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in ETT were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Taniguchi; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Galuteria ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Baker, L. Thielen.
upper
Feb 8, 2018
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on ETT has scheduled a public hearing on 02-12-18 1:30PM in conference room 414.
upper
Jan 24, 2018
Committee
Referred to ETT, WAM.
upper
Jan 19, 2018
Introduced
Introduced.
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.