HB 717 Hawaii House · 2023 Regular Session

RELATING TO NEPOTISM.

Summary

Prohibits under certain circumstances state employees from appointing, hiring, promoting, or retaining relatives and household members and from making or participating in certain other employment-related decisions and from awarding a contract to or otherwise taking official action on a contract with a business if the employee's relative or household member is an executive officer of or holds a substantial ownership interest in that business. Imposes administrative fines for violations. (CD1)

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2023

Committee Review

Apr 2023

House Passage

May 2023

Senate Passage

May 2023

Signed into Law

Jul 2023

Introduced Jan 20, 2023 Signed Jul 12, 2023

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

May 2, 2023

Lower · Passed

Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos voting no (1) and none excused (0).

lower

May 2, 2023

Upper · Passed

Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Aquino, Chang, DeCoite, Dela Cruz, Elefante, Fevella, Fukunaga, Gabbard, Inouye, Kanuha, Keith-Agaran, Keohokalole, Kidani, Kim, Lee, McKelvey, San Buenaventura, Shimabukuro, Wakai. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none).

upper

Apr 27, 2023

Introduced

48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-02-23.

upper

Apr 27, 2023

Upper · Passed

Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 43).

upper

Apr 27, 2023

Lower · Passed

Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 43) as amended in (CD 1).

lower

Apr 25, 2023

Upper · Passed

The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Moriwaki; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Rhoads ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.

upper

Apr 25, 2023

Lower · Passed

The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

lower

Apr 24, 2023

Lower · Passed

Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Tuesday, 04-25-23 1:30PM in conference room 325.

lower

Apr 13, 2023

Amended

House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

lower

Apr 11, 2023

Introduced

Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 777) in amended form (SD 2).

lower

Apr 11, 2023

Upper · Passed

Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Keohokalole). Transmitted to House.

upper

Apr 6, 2023

Introduced

Report filed.

upper

Apr 6, 2023

Upper · Passed

Separated Committee Report.

upper

Apr 6, 2023

Upper · Passed

Floor amendment adopted as amended (SD 2).

upper

Apr 6, 2023

Introduced

Floor Amendment No. 2 offered.

upper

Mar 24, 2023

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Elefante, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Mar 20, 2023

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-24-23 9:40AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 20, 2023

Committee

Reported from LBT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1179) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to JDC.

upper

Mar 15, 2023

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in LBT were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Moriwaki, Lee, Keith-Agaran, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Ihara.

upper

Mar 10, 2023

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on LBT has scheduled a public hearing on 03-15-23 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 10, 2023

Committee

Referred to LBT, JDC.

upper

Mar 9, 2023

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 334).

upper

Mar 7, 2023

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Feb 22, 2023

Lower · Passed

The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Ganaden, Hashimoto, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Mizuno, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Holt, Kong.

lower

Jan 30, 2023

Committee

Referred to JHA, referral sheet 3

lower

Jan 23, 2023

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 20, 2023

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors