Hawaii House Bill 679

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Engrossed on March 7 2023 - 50% progression
Action: 2024-04-23 - Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 806).
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Appropriates funds to support the State's response to the August 2023 wildfires that affected the County of Maui. Requires the Auditor to conduct an audit on the contracts funded by the appropriation. Makes an appropriation to the One Ohana Bank Trust Account to compensate victims of the 2023 Maui wildfires. Repeals general obligation bond issuance and appropriation for the Other Post-Employment Benefits Trust Fund. Changes the 2024-2025 general fund appropriation to the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation to general obligation bond funds. Transfers to the general fund the excess balances of various non-general funds from various state departments and agencies. Temporarily lifts various restrictions on the use of funds for Maui wildfire response. Appropriates moneys. Declares that the appropriations exceed the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2023-2024. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)

Relating To State Funds.

Sen. Troy Hashimoto [D]	Rep. Micah Aiu [D]	Rep. Lisa Kitagawa [D]	Rep. Richard Onishi [D]
Rep. Chris Todd [D]

2024-03-27 - Senate - Senate Ways and Means: Passed, With Amendments (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-03-14 - Senate - Senate Housing: Passed, With Amendments (Y: 5 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-04-23	Senate	Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 806).
2024-04-22	House	House Conferees Appointed: Evslin, Yamashita Co-Chairs; Aiu, Miyake, Morikawa, Matsumoto.
2024-04-15	House	Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 677).
2024-04-15	Senate	Senate Conferees Appointed: Chang Chair; Hashimoto Co-Chair; Kanuha.
2024-04-09	Senate	Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 650).
2024-04-05	House	House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
2024-04-04	House	Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 475) in amended form (SD 2).
2024-04-04	Senate	Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 2 (Senator(s) DeCoite, Fevella). Transmitted to House.
2024-04-02	Senate	48 Hrs. Notice 04-04-24.
2024-04-02	Senate	Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3422) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
2024-03-27	Senate	The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 11 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, DeCoite, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Shimabukuro, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Lee, Wakai.
2024-03-22	Senate	The committee(s) on WAM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-27-24 10:01AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference (Proposed Draft).
2023-12-11		Carried over to 2024 Regular Session.
2023-03-30	Senate	The committee on WAM deferred the measure.
2023-03-28	Senate	The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-30-23 10:05AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
2023-03-20	Senate	Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
2023-03-20	Senate	Reported from HOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1189) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
2023-03-14	Senate	The committee(s) on HOU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HOU were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Chang, Kanuha, Aquino, Rhoads, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
2023-03-10	Senate	The committee(s) on HOU has scheduled a public hearing on 03-14-23 1:01PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
2023-03-10	Senate	Referred to HOU, WAM.
2023-03-09	Senate	Passed First Reading.
2023-03-09	Senate	Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 326).
2023-03-07	House	Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.
2023-03-03	House	Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-07-23.
2023-03-03	House	Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1122) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Third Reading.
2023-02-24	House	The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Cochran, Kahaloa, Kila, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Nishimoto, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Alcos, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Garrett.
2023-02-22	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 02-24-23 10:00AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2023-02-15	House	Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
2023-02-15	House	Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 442), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
2023-02-10	House	The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashimoto, Aiu, Kila, Kitagawa, Marten, Todd, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Onishi.
2023-02-08	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by HSG on Friday, 02-10-23 9:30AM in House conference room 312 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2023-01-30	House	Referred to HSG, FIN, referral sheet 3
2023-01-23	House	Introduced and Pass First Reading.
2023-01-20	House	Pending introduction.

HB679 (Carry Over) 2023-03-30 - The committee on WAM deferred the measure.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=679&year=2024
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB679_SD1_.HTM
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB679_SD2_PROPOSED_.HTM
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB679_SD2_.HTM
Roll Call	https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=679&year=2024