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HB 821 Hawaii House · 2019 Regular Session

RELATING TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS.

Summary
Requires the Hawaii technology development corporation to seek to establish a public-private partnership to plan, build, and manage key strategic broadband infrastructure and attract cloud based companies to Hawaii. Makes an appropriation for the Hawaii broadband initiative and to establish an open access, carrier neutral cable landing station. Takes effect 7/1/2112. (SD1)
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Mar 2019
House Passage
Mar 2019
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 22, 2019 Last action Mar 21, 2019
Floor votes · House Mar 5, 2019

How they voted

50–1
Passed
Total votes 51
Mar 5, 2019
D Democratic45
45 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican5
4 Yea 1 Nay
80% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
22
Key actions
7
Committee
12
Mar 21, 2019
Committee
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
upper
Mar 21, 2019
Committee
Reported from TEC/EET (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1299) 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: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, J.Keohokalole, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Taniguchi, Inouye.
upper
Mar 15, 2019
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on TEC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in TEC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) J.Keohokalole, Moriwaki, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) English.
upper
Mar 12, 2019
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on TEC/EET has scheduled a public hearing on 03-15-19 3:30PM in conference room 414.
upper
Mar 12, 2019
Committee
Re-Referred to TEC/EET, WAM.
upper
Mar 7, 2019
Committee
Referred to EET/TEC, WAM.
upper
Mar 7, 2019
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 415).
upper
Mar 5, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Okimoto voting no (1) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.
lower
Feb 26, 2019
Lower · Passed
The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Todd, Wildberger, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Yamashita; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Nishimoto.
lower
Feb 15, 2019
Committee
Reported from EDB/IAC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 625) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
lower
Feb 6, 2019
Lower · Passed
The committees on IAC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Ohno, D. Kobayashi, Kong, Takayama; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Gates, Nishimoto, McDermott.
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, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Yamashita; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Eli, Quinlan.
lower
Jan 28, 2019
Committee
Referred to EDB/IAC, FIN, referral sheet 6
lower
Jan 24, 2019
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
Jan 22, 2019
Introduced
Pending introduction.
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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