RELATING TO LIGHT POLLUTION.
Summary
Establishes a dark night skies protection advisory committee to assist the Department of Land and Natural Resources in the development of a statewide dark night skies protection strategy to preserve dark night skies and reduce light pollution. Sunsets the existing advisory committee under the University of Hawaiʻi on 7/1/2024. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
Bill status
in committee
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House Passage
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 19, 2024
Last action Feb 14, 2024
Floor votes · House Feb 14, 2024
How they voted
48–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 51
Feb 14, 2024
D
Democratic44
93% Yea
R
Republican7
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Feb 14, 2024
Committee
Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 393-24) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
lower
Feb 14, 2024
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (48-0-3)
house
Feb 8, 2024
Lower · Passed
The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Cochran, Gates, Kahaloa, Woodson, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Perruso.
lower
Jan 24, 2024
Committee
Referred to EEP, FIN, referral sheet 2
lower
Jan 22, 2024
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
Jan 19, 2024
Introduced
Pending introduction.
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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