STRONGLY URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES TO WORK WITH THE INTERNATIONAL DIALOGUE ON UNDERWATER MUNITIONS' INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGY ADVISORY BOARD ON UNDERWATER MUNITIONS TO SEEK AND SECURE FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THE NON-DESTRUCTIVE DISPOSAL OF THOUSANDS OF TONS OF UNDERWATER MUNITIONS DUMPED, LOST, OR ABANDONED IN HAWAIIAN WATERS.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Apr 2021
House Passage
Mar 2021
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 12, 2021
Last action Apr 1, 2021
Floor votes · House Mar 31, 2021
How they voted
49–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 51
Mar 31, 2021
D
Democratic46
95% Yea
R
Republican4
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
4
Committee
7
Apr 1, 2021
Committee
Referred to WTL/PSM.
upper
Apr 1, 2021
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 380).
upper
Mar 31, 2021
Lower · Passed
Adopted with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Gates, Ohno excused (2).
lower
Mar 31, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1572), recommending adoption.
lower
Mar 30, 2021
Lower · Passed
The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Branco, Eli, Holt, Ilagan, B. Kobayashi, Marten, Nishimoto, Perruso, Sayama, Tam, Wildberger; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Yamashita, McDermott.
lower
Mar 24, 2021
Committee
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
lower
Mar 24, 2021
Committee
Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1274), recommending referral to FIN.
lower
Mar 23, 2021
Lower · Passed
The committees on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Branco, Ganaden, B. Kobayashi, Kong, Morikawa, Ohno; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) McDermott.
lower
Mar 15, 2021
Committee
Referred to WAL, FIN, referral sheet 25
lower
Mar 12, 2021
Introduced
Offered
lower
11 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Amy Perruso
DDemocratic
P
Angus McKelvey
DDemocratic
P
David Tarnas
DDemocratic
P
James Kunane Tokioka
DDemocratic
P
JK
Jeanné Kapela
DDemocratic
P
Lynn DeCoite
DDemocratic
P
May Mizuno
DDemocratic
P
PP
Patrick Pihana Branco
DDemocratic
P
Sonny Ganaden
DDemocratic
P
SK
Stacelynn K.M. Eli
DDemocratic
P
TW
Tina Wildberger
DDemocratic
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