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Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
Apr 2023
House Passage
Apr 2023
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 10, 2023
Last action Apr 5, 2023
Floor votes · House Apr 5, 2023
How they voted
49–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 51
Apr 5, 2023
D
Democratic43
95% Yea
R
Republican7
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
12
Key actions
5
Committee
6
Apr 5, 2023
Lower · Passed
Resolution adopted in final form.
lower
Apr 5, 2023
Lower · Passed
Adopted with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Nishimoto, Yamashita excused (2).
lower
Apr 5, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2033), recommending adoption.
lower
Apr 3, 2023
Lower · Passed
The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Cochran, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kila, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Nishimoto, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Ward; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
lower
Mar 29, 2023
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 29, 2023
Committee
Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1647), recommending referral to FIN.
lower
Mar 23, 2023
Lower · Passed
The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Takenouchi, Amato, Ilagan, Kobayashi, Mizuno, Nishimoto, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
lower
Mar 15, 2023
Committee
Referred to HLT, FIN, referral sheet 20
lower
Mar 10, 2023
Introduced
Offered
lower
3 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bert Kobayashi
DDemocratic
P
Gregg Takayama
DDemocratic
P
Troy Hashimoto
DDemocratic
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