Hawaii House Bill 131 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-1)
Status: Engrossed on February 28 2019 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-05 - Referred to PSM/AEN, JDC/WAM.
Pending: Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Legalizes hemp to the extent legalized under federal law. Requires the Chairperson of the Board of Agriculture to prepare and submit a proposed state plan to monitor and regulate hemp production, including commercial production and research, to the federal Secretary of Agriculture pursuant to section 297B of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, as amended. Authorizes the Department of Agriculture to monitor and regulate hemp production. Allows Industrial Hemp Pilot Project licensee to utilize hemp genetics. Requires reports to the Governor and Legislature. Effective 9/22/2050. (HB131 HD2)

Relating To Hemp.

Rep. Richard Creagan [D]	Rep. Tom Brower [D]	Rep. Rida Cabanilla Arakawa [D]	Rep. Romy Cachola [D]
Rep. Lynn Decoite [D]	Rep. Aaron Johanson [D]	Sen. Chris Lee [D]	Rep. Nicole Lowen [D]
Sen. Angus McKelvey [D]	Rep. Daynette Morikawa [D]	Rep. Mark Nakashima [D]	Rep. Scott Nishimoto [D]
Rep. Amy Perruso [D]	Rep. Scott Saiki [D]	Sen. Joy San Buenaventura [D]	Rep. Calvin Say [D]
Rep. Gregg Takayama [D]	Rep. Roy Takumi [D]	Rep. David Tarnas [D]	Rep. Cynthia Thielen [R]
Rep. Chris Todd [D]	Rep. Tina Wildberger [D]	Rep. Scot Matayoshi [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-05	Senate	Referred to PSM/AEN, JDC/WAM.
2019-03-01	Senate	Passed First Reading.
2019-03-01	Senate	Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 16).
2019-02-28	House	Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Har voting no (1) and Representative(s) DeCoite excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.
2019-02-28	House	Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 842), recommending passage on Third Reading.
2019-02-20	House	The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Gates, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nishimoto, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Eli, Hashimoto, Nakamura, Todd.
2019-02-15	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 02-20-19 2:00PM in House conference room 308.
2019-02-15	House	Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Aquino, DeCoite, Nakamura, Quinlan, Thielen excused (5).
2019-02-15	House	Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 587) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
2019-02-14	House	The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, San Buenaventura, Brower, Creagan, Lowen, Morikawa, Say, Takayama, Yamane, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) McKelvey; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
2019-02-13	House	Bill scheduled for decision making on Thursday, 02-14-19 2:00PM in conference room 325.
2019-02-12	House	The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-14-19.
2019-02-08	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Tuesday, 02-12-19 4:00PM in House conference room 325.
2019-02-08	House	Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cabanilla Arakawa, Nakamura, Thielen excused (3).
2019-02-08	House	Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 213) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JUD.
2019-02-06	House	The committees on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Creagan, DeCoite, Cabanilla Arakawa, Cachola, Holt, Onishi, Perruso, Okimoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
2019-01-31	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by AGR on Wednesday, 02-06-19 9:15AM in House conference room 312.
2019-01-22	House	Referred to AGR, JUD, FIN, referral sheet 2
2019-01-18	House	Introduced and Pass First Reading.
2019-01-17	House	Pending introduction.

HB131 (Carry Over) 2019-03-05 - Referred to PSM/AEN, JDC/WAM.
SB1335 (Same As) 2019-02-08 - The committee on AEN deferred the measure.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=131&year=2019
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB131_.HTM
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB131_HD1_.HTM
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB131_HD2_.HTM