RELATING TO SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
Summary
Establishes a general excise tax holiday for consumers and businesses for school supplies sold during the weekend beginning with the last Friday in July; provided that businesses pass the savings on to consumers. (SB1158 HD1)
Bill status
passed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Mar 2019
Senate Passage
Mar 2019
House Passage
Mar 2019
Governor
Introduced Jan 24, 2019
Last action Mar 22, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Mar 5, 2019 · House Mar 22, 2019
How they voted
24–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 25
Mar 5, 2019
D
Democratic24
95% Yea
R
Republican1
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
21
Key actions
8
Committee
11
Mar 22, 2019
Committee
Reported from EDB/LHE (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1611) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
lower
Mar 22, 2019
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (49-0-2)
house
Mar 13, 2019
Lower · Passed
The committees on LHE recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, Hashem, Perruso, DeCoite, Johanson, D. Kobayashi, Ohno, Quinlan, Tarnas, Tokioka, Okimoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
lower
Mar 13, 2019
Lower · Passed
The committees on EDB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) McKelvey, Kitagawa, Eli, Ichiyama, Johanson, Yamashita, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Quinlan.
lower
Mar 7, 2019
Committee
Referred to EDB/LHE, FIN, referral sheet 27
lower
Mar 5, 2019
Introduced
Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 379) in amended form (SD 2).
lower
Mar 5, 2019
Upper · Passed
Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) K. Rhoads, Taniguchi. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Harimoto). Transmitted to House.
upper
Feb 14, 2019
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, Harimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Shimabukuro, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Taniguchi ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) K. Kahele, Riviere.
upper
Feb 11, 2019
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-14-19 10:00AM in conference room 211.
upper
Feb 11, 2019
Committee
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
upper
Feb 11, 2019
Committee
Reported from EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 161) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
upper
Feb 4, 2019
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDU were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kidani, Kim, Dela Cruz, Kanuha, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
upper
Feb 1, 2019
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 02-04-19 2:55PM in conference room 229.
upper
Jan 28, 2019
Committee
Referred to EDU, WAM.
upper
Jan 24, 2019
Introduced
Introduced.
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Kurt Fevella
RRepublican
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