Hawaii House Bill 1952 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)
Status: Introduced on January 21 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-01-23 - Referred to EEP/WLH, FIN, referral sheet 4
Pending: House Energy & Environmental Protection Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Designates all currently undeveloped watercourses and lands unsuitable for development as wildlife reserve sanctuaries for which development is prohibited so that those lands may serve as a permanent refuge to wildlife. Establishes procedures to obtain a variance to construct a structure within a wildlife reserve sanctuary. Prohibits the construction of wind turbines on mountain slopes or hillsides if the location of the wind turbine is within 1,000 feet of the center of a wildlife reserve sanctuary.

Relating To Wildlife Preservation.

Rep. Rida Cabanilla Arakawa [D]	Rep. Cedric Gates [D]	Rep. Mark Hashem [D]	Rep. Daniel Holt [D]
Rep. John Mizuno [D]	Rep. Daynette Morikawa [D]	Rep. Calvin Say [D]	Rep. Gene Ward [R]
Rep. Dale Kobayashi [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-23	House	Referred to EEP/WLH, FIN, referral sheet 4
2020-01-21	House	Introduced and Pass First Reading.
2020-01-17	House	Pending introduction.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1952&year=2020
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/HB1952_.HTM