RELATING TO THE STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT.
Summary
Part I: Purpose section. Part II: Establishes the strategic development programs revolving fund and transfers powers, duties, and programs of the Hawaii Strategic Development Corporation (HSDC) under Hawaii Technology Development Corporation (HTDC). Part III: Makes conforming amendments. Part IV: Repeals HSDC and transfers all duties, employees, rules, records, and equipment from HSDC to HTDC. Part V: Lowers the cap on the technology special fund and transfers unencumbered balances to the general fund. Part VI: Appropriates funds for HSDC to transfer assets and continue the strategic development programs within HTDC. (HB624 CD1)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Apr 2019
House Passage
May 2019
Senate Passage
May 2019
Signed into Law
Jun 2019
Introduced Jan 18, 2019
Signed Jun 12, 2019
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
54
Key actions
21
Committee
22
Amendments
5
Jun 12, 2019
Signed into law
Act 056, 06/07/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1157).
upper
Jun 12, 2019
Signed into law
Act 056, on 06/07/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1157).
lower
Apr 30, 2019
Introduced
48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-02-19.
upper
Apr 30, 2019
Upper · Passed
Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 203).
upper
Apr 30, 2019
Lower · Passed
Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 203) as amended in (CD 1).
lower
Apr 26, 2019
Upper · Passed
The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Kim, Dela Cruz; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.
upper
Apr 26, 2019
Lower · Passed
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, McKelvey, Luke, Cullen; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) McDermott.
lower
Apr 25, 2019
Lower · Passed
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-26-19 12:00PM in conference room 329.
lower
Apr 24, 2019
Lower · Passed
Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-25-19 12:00PM in conference room 329.
lower
Apr 11, 2019
Introduced
House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
lower
Apr 11, 2019
Introduced
Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 888) in amended form (SD 3).
lower
Apr 11, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 3). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) S. Chang). Transmitted to House.
upper
Apr 9, 2019
Introduced
Report filed.
upper
Apr 9, 2019
Upper · Passed
Separated Committee Report.
upper
Apr 9, 2019
Upper · Passed
Floor amendment adopted as amended (SD 3).
upper
Apr 9, 2019
Introduced
Floor Amendment No. 14 offered.
upper
Apr 5, 2019
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 12 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, English, Harimoto, K. Kahele, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Inouye.
upper
Apr 4, 2019
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on WAM deferred the measure until 04-05-19 10:25AM in conference room 211.
upper
Apr 1, 2019
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on WAM has scheduled a public hearing on 04-04-19 1:40PM in conference room 211.
upper
Mar 22, 2019
Committee
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
upper
Mar 22, 2019
Committee
Reported from EET/HRE (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1401) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
upper
Mar 15, 2019
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on EET recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EET were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Taniguchi, J.Keohokalole, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Inouye.
upper
Mar 15, 2019
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on HRE recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HRE were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kim, K. Kahele, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Kidani, Keith-Agaran.
upper
Mar 12, 2019
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on EET/HRE has scheduled a public hearing on 03-15-19 3:15PM in conference room 414.
upper
Mar 12, 2019
Committee
Re-Referred to EET/HRE, WAM.
upper
Mar 5, 2019
Committee
Referred to TEC/HRE, WAM.
upper
Mar 1, 2019
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 64).
upper
Feb 28, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Har, Okimoto, Perruso, Say, Tokioka voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.
lower
Feb 21, 2019
Lower · Passed
The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Todd.
lower
Feb 14, 2019
Committee
Reported from LHE/EDB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 439) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
lower
Feb 8, 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 8, 2019
Lower · Passed
The committees on LHE recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, Hashem, Perruso, DeCoite, Johanson, D. Kobayashi, Tarnas, Okimoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Ohno, Quinlan, Tokioka.
lower
Jan 24, 2019
Committee
Referred to LHE/EDB, FIN, referral sheet 5
lower
Jan 22, 2019
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
Jan 18, 2019
Introduced
Pending introduction.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Joy San Buenaventura
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