SB 947 Hawaii Senate · 2019 Regular Session

RELATING TO FAMILIES.

Summary

Prohibits the disability of a parent or caregiver from being the sole factor in determining fitness as a foster parent, adoptive parent, guardian, parent seeking custody or visitation, or provider of a safe family home. (CD1)

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2019

Committee Review

Apr 2019

Senate Passage

Apr 2019

House Passage

Apr 2019

Signed into Law

Jul 2019

Introduced Jan 18, 2019 Signed Jul 9, 2019

Floor votes · Senate Mar 5, 2019 · House Apr 5, 2019

How they voted

24–0

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 25

Mar 5, 2019

D Democratic24

23 Yea 1

95% Yea

R Republican1

1 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Jul 9, 2019

Signed into law

Act 259, 07/05/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1361).

upper

Jul 9, 2019

Signed into law

Act 259, on 07/05/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1361).

lower

Apr 24, 2019

Lower · Passed

Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 7) as amended in (CD 1).

lower

Apr 24, 2019

Introduced

48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-26-19.

upper

Apr 24, 2019

Upper · Passed

Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 7).

upper

Apr 18, 2019

Lower · Passed

The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) San Buenaventura, C. Lee, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

lower

Apr 18, 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) Ruderman, K. Rhoads, Riviere; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.

upper

Apr 17, 2019

Upper · Passed

Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-18-19 2:15PM in conference room 225.

upper

Apr 9, 2019

Introduced

Senate disagrees with House amendments.

upper

Apr 9, 2019

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 677).

upper

Apr 5, 2019

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Eli, Mizuno, Nishimoto excused (3). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Apr 3, 2019

Lower · Passed

The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, San Buenaventura, Brower, Creagan, Lowen, McKelvey, Morikawa, Say, Takayama, Yamane, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Apr 2, 2019

Lower · Passed

The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 04-03-19 2:05pm.

lower

Mar 29, 2019

Lower · Passed

The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 04-02-19 at 2:00pm.

lower

Mar 20, 2019

Committee

Reported from HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1453) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JUD.

lower

Mar 15, 2019

Lower · Passed

The committees on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) San Buenaventura, Nakamura, Belatti, B. Kobayashi, Mizuno, Say, Tokioka; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.

lower

Mar 7, 2019

Committee

Referred to HSH, JUD, referral sheet 27

lower

Mar 5, 2019

Introduced

Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 304) in amended form (SD 1).

lower

Mar 5, 2019

Upper · Passed

Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Harimoto). Transmitted to House.

upper

Feb 26, 2019

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Rhoads, Wakai, Gabbard, Kim; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.

upper

Feb 21, 2019

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-26-19 9:00AM in conference room 016.

upper

Feb 12, 2019

Committee

Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.

upper

Feb 12, 2019

Committee

Reported from HMS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 234) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.

upper

Feb 4, 2019

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HMS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HMS were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Ruderman, K. Rhoads, Ihara, Riviere, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Feb 1, 2019

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HMS has scheduled a public hearing on 02-04-19 3:10PM in conference room 016.

upper

Jan 24, 2019

Committee

Referred to HMS, JDC.

upper

Jan 18, 2019

Introduced

Introduced.

upper

3 primary · 0 co-sponsors