Hawaii Senate Bill 359 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Passed on July 2 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-07-02 - Act 185, 07/01/2015 (Gov. Msg. No. 1286).
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Applies the state environmental response, energy, and food security tax to fossil fuels other than petroleum products and bases the tax on one million British thermal units. Removes the sunset of the various funds related to the barrel tax. Clarifies the purposes for which the environmental response revolving fund may be used. Provides for the transfer of moneys from the environmental response revolving fund into the general fund. Requires the Director of Health to report to the Legislature information regarding the environmental response revolving fund. (CD1)

Energy; Barrel Tax; Environmental Response, Energy, and Food Security Tax; Environmental Response Revolving Fund

Sen. Mike Gabbard [D]	Sen. Suzanne Chun Oakland [D]	Sen. Brickwood Galuteria [D]	Sen. Josh Green [D]
Sen. Gil Riviere [D]	Sen. Russell Ruderman [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-07-02	Senate	Act 185, 07/01/2015 (Gov. Msg. No. 1286).
2015-07-02	House	Act 185, on 07/01/2015 (Gov. Msg. No. 1286).
2015-05-08	Senate	Enrolled to Governor.
2015-05-07	Senate	Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 680).
2015-05-05	House	Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 699).
2015-05-05	House	Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Aquino, Cullen, Fukumoto Chang, Har, Kawakami, Matsumoto, McDermott, Pouha, Say, Tokioka, Tupola, Ward, Yamane voting no (13) and Representative(s) Tsuji excused (1).
2015-05-05	Senate	Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). 24 Aye(s); Aye(s) with reservations: none . 1 No(es): Senator(s) Slom. 0 Excused: none.
2015-05-01	House	Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 05-05-15.
2015-05-01	House	Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 136) as amended in (CD 1).
2015-05-01	Senate	48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-05-15.
2015-05-01	Senate	Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 136).
2015-05-01	House	The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, Luke, Tsuji, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
2015-05-01	Senate	The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Ruderman, Tokuda, L. Thielen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Kouchi.
2015-04-29	Senate	Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-15 11:05AM in conference room 225.
2015-04-27	Senate	Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-29-15 11:05AM in conference room 225.
2015-04-23	Senate	Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-27-15 11:05AM in conference room 225.
2015-04-22	Senate	Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-23-15 11:05AM in conference room 225.
2015-04-21	Senate	Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 624).
2015-04-20	House	Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 642).
2015-04-20	House	House Conferees Appointed: C. Lee, Luke Co-Chairs; Tsuji, Thielen.
2015-04-20	Senate	Senate Conferees Appointed: Gabbard Chair; Ruderman, Tokuda Co-Chairs; Kouchi, L. Thielen.
2015-04-16	House	Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 638).
2015-04-16	Senate	Senate disagrees with House amendments.
2015-04-16	Senate	Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 505).
2015-04-14	House	Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Aquino, Cullen, Fukumoto Chang, Har, McDermott, Oshiro, Say, Tokioka, Tupola, Yamane voting no (10) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.
2015-04-10	House	Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday 04-14-15.
2015-04-10	House	Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1638) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Third Reading.
2015-04-08	House	The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Luke, Nishimoto, Cachola, Cullen, DeCoite, Johanson, Jordan, Keohokalole, Kobayashi, Lowen, Onishi, Yamashita, Pouha, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Tokioka.
2015-04-07	House	Broadcast of hearing/briefing available. See: www.capitoltv.org
2015-04-06	House	Proposed draft of Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 04-08-15 2:00PM in House conference room 308.
2015-03-27	House	Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Har, Jordan voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) McDermott voting no (1) and Representative(s) Choy, Ing, Lowen, Luke, McKelvey, Pouha excused (6).
2015-03-27	House	Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1121), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
2015-03-24	House	The committees on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, Lowen, Cullen, Evans, Nishimoto, Say, Pouha, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ing, Yamane.
2015-03-20	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Tuesday, 03-24-15 8:30AM in House conference room 325.
2015-03-12	House	Referred to EEP, FIN, referral sheet 30
2015-03-12	House	Pass First Reading
2015-03-10	House	Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 116) in amended form (SD 1).
2015-03-10	Senate	Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Inouye, Slom). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
2015-03-06	Senate	48 Hrs. Notice 03-10-15.
2015-03-06	Senate	Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 805) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).
2015-02-27	Senate	The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 8 Aye(s): Senator(s) Tokuda, Kouchi, Dela Cruz, English, Galuteria, Harimoto, Riviere; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Inouye ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Slom; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Chun Oakland, Ruderman.
2015-02-25	Senate	The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-27-15 1:00PM in conference room 211.
2015-02-12	Senate	Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
2015-02-12	Senate	Reported from ENE/AGL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 136) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.
2015-02-10	Senate	The committee(s) on ENE recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in ENE were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Green, Ihara; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Galuteria, Slom.
2015-02-05	Senate	The committee(s) on ENE deferred the measure until 02-10-15 3:00PM in conference room 225.
2015-02-05	Senate	The committee(s) on AGL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in AGL were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Ruderman, Riviere, Chun Oakland, Taniguchi, L. Thielen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Wakai, Slom.
2015-02-02	Senate	The committee(s) on ENE/AGL has scheduled a public hearing on 02-05-15 3:15PM in conference room 225.
2015-01-26	Senate	Referred to ENE/AGL, WAM.
2015-01-23	Senate	Passed First Reading.
2015-01-23	Senate	Introduced.

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=359&year=2015
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2015/bills/SB359_.HTM
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2015/bills/SB359_SD1_.HTM
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2015/bills/SB359_HD1_PROPOSED_.HTM
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2015/bills/SB359_HD1_.HTM
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2015/bills/SB359_CD1_.HTM