RELATING TO TAXATION.
Summary
Exempts locally grown produce and locally raised livestock food products from the general excise tax. (HB616 HD1)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Mar 2019
House Passage
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 18, 2019
Last action Mar 18, 2019
Floor votes · House Feb 28, 2019
How they voted
50–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 51
Feb 28, 2019
D
Democratic45
97% Yea
R
Republican5
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
6
Committee
10
Mar 18, 2019
Committee
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
upper
Mar 18, 2019
Committee
Reported from AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1236) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.
upper
Mar 13, 2019
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in AEN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Ruderman, K. Rhoads, L. Thielen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.
upper
Mar 8, 2019
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-13-19 1:15PM in conference room 224.
upper
Mar 5, 2019
Committee
Referred to AEN, WAM.
upper
Mar 1, 2019
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 61).
upper
Feb 28, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.
lower
Feb 20, 2019
Lower · Passed
The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Gates, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nishimoto, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Eli, Hashimoto, Nakamura, Todd.
lower
Feb 13, 2019
Committee
Reported from AGR/EDB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 361) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
lower
Feb 6, 2019
Lower · Passed
The committees on EDB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) McKelvey, Kitagawa, Ichiyama, Johanson, Yamashita, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Eli, Quinlan.
lower
Feb 6, 2019
Lower · Passed
The committees on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Creagan, DeCoite, Holt, Perruso, Okimoto; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Onishi; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cabanilla Arakawa, Cachola.
lower
Jan 24, 2019
Committee
Referred to AGR/EDB, FIN, referral sheet 5
lower
Jan 22, 2019
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
Jan 18, 2019
Introduced
Pending introduction.
lower
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Gregg Takayama
DDemocratic
P
Joy San Buenaventura
DDemocratic
P
Lisa Kitagawa
DDemocratic
P
SK
Stacelynn K.M. Eli
DDemocratic
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