HB 598 Hawaii House · 2022 Regular Session

RELATING TO TOBACCO PRODUCTS.

Summary

Establishes the offense of unlawful shipment of tobacco products. Increases the license fee for persons engaged as a wholesaler or dealer of cigarettes and tobacco products. Increases the retail tobacco permit fee for retailers engaged in the retail sale of cigarettes and tobacco products. Allocates a portion of funds collected from excise taxes on tobacco products to health education and prevention programs concerning the risks and dangers of the use of electronic smoking devices for youth. Repeals certain provisions of the Hawaii Revised Statutes relating to electronic smoking devices. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2021

Committee Review

Apr 2022

House Passage

Mar 2021

Senate Passage

Apr 2022

Governor

Introduced Jan 22, 2021 Last action Apr 22, 2022

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Apr 14, 2022

Introduced

House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

lower

Apr 12, 2022

Introduced

Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 745) in amended form (SD 1).

lower

Apr 12, 2022

Upper · Passed

Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

upper

Apr 5, 2022

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 7 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Keohokalole, Acasio, Gabbard, Kim, Lee, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Apr 5, 2022

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 10 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, Inouye, Kanuha, Misalucha, Moriwaki, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Kidani.

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Apr 1, 2022

Upper · Passed

The committee on WAM/JDC has rescheduled its decision making to 04-05-22 10:05AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

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Apr 1, 2022

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WAM/JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-05-22 10:05AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

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Apr 7, 2021

Upper · Passed

The committee on JDC deferred the measure.

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Apr 7, 2021

Upper · Passed

The committee on WAM deferred the measure.

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Apr 6, 2021

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WAM/JDC deferred the measure until 04-07-21 10:35AM; CR 211 & Videoconference.

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Apr 1, 2021

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WAM/JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-06-21 10:00AM; CR 211 & Videoconference.

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Mar 25, 2021

Committee

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

upper

Mar 25, 2021

Committee

Reported from HTH/CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1173) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM/JDC.

upper

Mar 19, 2021

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 7 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Chang, Misalucha, Nishihara, Riviere, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) San Buenaventura ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Mar 19, 2021

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HTH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HTH were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Baker, Moriwaki, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) San Buenaventura ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Mar 16, 2021

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HTH/CPN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-19-21 9:30AM; CR 229 & Videoconference.

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Mar 12, 2021

Committee

Re-Referred to HTH/CPN, WAM/JDC.

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Mar 9, 2021

Committee

Referred to HTH, WAM/JDC.

upper

Mar 9, 2021

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 129).

upper

Mar 5, 2021

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Okimoto voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Kong, McDermott, Ward voting no (3) and Representative(s) McKelvey excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Feb 25, 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, Holt, Ilagan, B. Kobayashi, Marten, Nishimoto, Perruso, Sayama, Tam, Wildberger, Yamashita; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Eli, McDermott.

lower

Feb 19, 2021

Committee

Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Okimoto voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) McDermott, Ward voting no (2) and Representative(s) Har, Kong, Matayoshi excused (3).

lower

Feb 19, 2021

Committee

Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 634) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 17, 2021

Lower · Passed

The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Kitagawa, Aquino, Hashem, Mizuno, Morikawa, Onishi, Tarnas, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Kong; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Har.

lower

Feb 12, 2021

Committee

Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 203) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.

lower

Feb 10, 2021

Lower · Passed

The committees on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Aquino, Ilagan, DeCoite, Hashimoto, Kitagawa, Nakamura, Takumi, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

lower

Jan 27, 2021

Committee

Referred to TRN, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 1

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Jan 25, 2021

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 22, 2021

Introduced

Pending introduction.

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2 primary · 0 co-sponsors