HB 2696 Hawaii House · 2024 Regular Session

RELATING TO LAHAINA WILDFIRE RECOVERY.

Summary

Establishes the Lahaina Recovery Oversight Commission within the Department of Accounting and General Services to oversee and guide the recovery of Lahaina from the 2023 wildfires. Requires the Commission, with the assistance of the Office of Enterprise Technology Services, to establish a website to serve as an information clearing house and public forum. Requires annual reports to the Legislature. Appropriates moneys. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Takes effect 7/1/2112. (SD1)

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2024

Committee Review

Mar 2024

House Passage

Mar 2024

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 24, 2024 Last action Mar 21, 2024

Floor votes

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

Full legislative history

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Committee

Mar 21, 2024

Committee

Reported from GVO/LBT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3179) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Mar 14, 2024

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in GVO were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) McKelvey, Gabbard, San Buenaventura, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa.

upper

Mar 14, 2024

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Mar 11, 2024

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on GVO/LBT has scheduled a public hearing on 03-14-24 3:20PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 7, 2024

Committee

Referred to GVO/LBT, WAM.

upper

Mar 5, 2024

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 171).

upper

Mar 1, 2024

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Ward voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Quinlan, Woodson excused (3). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Feb 26, 2024

Lower · Passed

The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kila, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Nishimoto, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Ward; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.

lower

Feb 16, 2024

Committee

Reported from WAL/JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 496-24) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 12, 2024

Lower · Passed

The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Evslin, Ganaden, Holt, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Kong, Miyake, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Feb 12, 2024

Lower · Passed

The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Poepoe, Chun, Ganaden, Hashem, M. Mizuno, Morikawa, Takayama, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Jan 26, 2024

Committee

Referred to WAL/JHA, FIN, referral sheet 3

lower

Jan 24, 2024

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors