SB 971 Hawaii Senate · 2024 Regular Session

RELATING TO STUDENT TRANSPORTATION.

Summary

Requires the department of education and state public charter school commission to collect certain data on county bus pass usage for public high school and charter high school students. Requires annual reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds to the department of education and to the state public charter school commission to provide public high school and charter high school students with bus passes. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2023

Committee Review

Apr 2023

Senate Passage

Mar 2023

House Passage

Apr 2023

Governor

Introduced Jan 20, 2023 Last action Mar 25, 2024

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 28, 2023

Upper · Passed

Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-23 4:30PM; Conference Room 309

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Apr 28, 2023

Upper · Passed

Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-23 4:00PM; Conference Room 229.

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Apr 27, 2023

Upper · Passed

Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-23 1:30PM; Conference Room 229.

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Apr 27, 2023

Upper · Passed

Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-27-23 4:31PM; Conference Room 229.

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Apr 26, 2023

Upper · Passed

Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-27-23 3:20PM; Conference Room 229.

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Apr 25, 2023

Upper · Passed

Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-26-23 1:40PM; Conference Room 229.

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Apr 11, 2023

Amended

Senate disagrees with House amendments.

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Apr 11, 2023

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 703).

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Apr 6, 2023

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Nishimoto excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.

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Mar 30, 2023

Lower · Passed

The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Cochran, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kila, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Nishimoto, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Alcos, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

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Mar 21, 2023

Committee

Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1370) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

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Mar 16, 2023

Lower · Passed

The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, Marten, Evslin, Kapela, La Chica, Martinez, Matayoshi, Todd, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Perruso, Quinlan.

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Mar 9, 2023

Committee

Referred to EDN, FIN, referral sheet 17

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Mar 7, 2023

Introduced

Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 323) in amended form (SD 2).

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Mar 7, 2023

Upper · Passed

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

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Mar 1, 2023

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, Aquino, DeCoite, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, Moriwaki, Shimabukuro, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

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Feb 27, 2023

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-01-23 10:10AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

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Feb 17, 2023

Committee

Reported from EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 499) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

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Feb 13, 2023

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDU were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kidani, Kim, Richards, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Kanuha.

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Feb 10, 2023

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 02-13-23 3:10PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

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Jan 27, 2023

Committee

Referred to EDU, WAM.

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Jan 20, 2023

Introduced

Introduced.

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3 primary · 0 co-sponsors