Hawaii Senate Bill 300

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: Engrossed on March 7 2023 - 50% progression
Action: 2023-12-11 - Carried over to 2024 Regular Session.
Pending: House Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Requires generally that the expenditure of public moneys for any improvement to land not owned or leased by the State must be appropriated by the legislature for that specific purpose and include a declaration in the same act of the public purpose regarding the appropriation of the public moneys. Provides that any expenditure of public moneys for the improvement to land not owned or leased by the State and involving natural or cultural resource management or a state grant is unauthorized unless the expending agency approves a restrictive covenant that acknowledges the State's right to receive compensation for its expenditure if the improvement to the land is abandoned or not completed. Requires the recipient of the appropriation or grant to file and execute the restrictive covenant. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)

Relating To The Expenditure Of Public Funds For Land Improvements.

Sen. Donovan Cruz [D]	Sen. Henry Aquino [D]	Sen. Stanley Chang [D]	Sen. Dru Kanuha [D]
Sen. Angus McKelvey [D]	Sen. Michelle Kidani [D]	Sen. Donna Kim [D]	Sen. Tim Richards [D]
Sen. Glenn Wakai [D]

2023-03-01 - Senate - Senate Judiciary: Passed, With Amendments (Y: 5 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-03-01 - Senate - Senate Ways and Means: Passed, With Amendments (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-15 - Senate - Senate Water and Land: Passed, With Amendments (Y: 5 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-12-11		Carried over to 2024 Regular Session.
2023-03-24	House	Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ilagan excused (1).
2023-03-24	House	Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1583) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
2023-03-23	House	The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Poepoe, Morikawa, Takayama, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Chun, Ganaden, Hashem.
2023-03-20	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Thursday, 03-23-23 9:00AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2023-03-09	House	Referred to WAL, FIN, referral sheet 17
2023-03-09	House	Pass First Reading
2023-03-07	House	Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 125) in amended form (SD 2).
2023-03-07	Senate	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.
2023-03-03	Senate	48 Hrs. Notice 03-07-23.
2023-03-03	Senate	Reported from WAM/JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1085) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
2023-03-01	Senate	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, Lee, Moriwaki, Shimabukuro, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Kim ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
2023-03-01	Senate	The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Elefante, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
2023-02-24	Senate	The committee(s) on WAM/JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-01-23 10:05AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
2023-02-17	Senate	Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM/JDC.
2023-02-17	Senate	Reported from WTL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 518) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM/JDC.
2023-02-15	Senate	The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WTL were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Elefante, Chang, McKelvey, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
2023-02-09	Senate	The committee(s) on WTL has scheduled a public hearing on 02-15-23 12:30PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
2023-01-23	Senate	Referred to WTL, WAM/JDC.
2023-01-19	Senate	Passed First Reading.
2023-01-19	Senate	Introduced.

SB300 (Carry Over) 2023-03-24 - Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ilagan excused (1).

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=300&year=2024
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB300_SD2_.HTM
Roll Call	https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=300&year=2024