HI SB631 | 2011 | Regular Session

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: Passed on July 12 2011 - 100% progression
Action: 2011-07-12 - (H) Act 217, on 7/11/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1321).
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Summary

Increases, with certain limitations, the areas within agricultural lands in which solar energy facilities may be constructed. (CD1)

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Title

Renewable Energy; Agricultural Land; Solar Energy Facilities

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History

DateChamberAction
2011-07-12 (H) Act 217, on 7/11/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1321).
2011-07-12 (S) Act 217, 7/11/2011 (Gov. Msg. No. 1321).
2011-05-06 (S) Enrolled to Governor.
2011-05-05 (S) Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 702).
2011-05-04 (H) Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 694).
2011-05-03 (H) Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Carroll, Pine excused (2).
2011-05-03 (S) Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). 23 Aye(s); Aye(s) with reservations: none . 2 No(es): Senator(s) Ihara, Slom. 0 Excused: none.
2011-04-28 (H) Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 05-03-11.
2011-04-28 (H) Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 9) as amended in (CD 1).
2011-04-28 (S) 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-03-11.
2011-04-28 (S) Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 9).
2011-04-25 (H) The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Coffman, Chang, Ito, Kawakami, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Tsuji.
2011-04-25 (S) The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Dela Cruz; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Nishihara.
2011-04-21 (S) Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-11 3:35PM in conference room 225.
2011-04-20 (S) Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-21-11 3:30PM in conference room 225.
2011-04-19 (S) Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 652).
2011-04-18 (H) Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 643).
2011-04-18 (H) House conferees appointed: Coffman, Chang, Tsuji Co-Chairs; Ito, Kawakami, Thielen.
2011-04-18 (S) Senate Conferees appointed: Gabbard, Chair; Nishihara, Dela Cruz, Co-Chair(s); .
2011-04-14 (H) Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 604).
2011-04-14 (S) Senate disagrees with House amendments.
2011-04-12 (S) Deferred until 04-14-11.
2011-04-12 (S) Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 400).
2011-04-08 (H) Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Saiki, Takumi excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.
2011-04-06 (H) Forty-eight (48) hours notice Friday, 04-08-11.
2011-04-06 (H) Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1426) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
2011-04-01 (H) The committees on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Tsuji, Hashem, Awana, Brower, Choy, Evans, McKelvey, Nishimoto, Tokioka, Marumoto, Riviere; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
2011-03-30 (H) Bill scheduled to be heard by AGR on Friday, 04-01-11 9:30AM in conference room 312.
2011-03-24 (H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on AGR with none voting no (0) and Har, Riviere, Wooley excused (3).
2011-03-24 (H) Reported from EEP/WLO (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1152) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to AGR.
2011-03-21 (H) The committees on WLO recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Chang, Har, Chong, Coffman, Herkes, Ito, Nakashima, Riviere, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cabanilla, Carroll.
2011-03-21 (H) The committees on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Coffman, Chang, Chong, Har, Herkes, Ito, Nakashima, Riviere, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cabanilla, Carroll.
2011-03-18 (H) Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP/WLO on Monday, 03-21-11 9:15AM in House conference room 325.
2011-03-10 (H) Referred to EEP/WLO, AGR, referral sheet 33
2011-03-10 (H) Pass First Reading
2011-03-08 (H) Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 143) in amended form (SD 1).
2011-03-08 (S) Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Hee, Slom). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Shimabukuro). Transmitted to House.
2011-03-03 (S) 48 Hrs. Notice 03-08-11.
2011-03-03 (S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
2011-03-03 (S) Reported from ENE/AGL/WLH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 489) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
2011-02-24 (S) The committee(s) on WLH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WLH were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Ryan, Shimabukuro, Slom; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) Solomon, Fukunaga, Tokuda.
2011-02-24 (S) The committee(s) on ENE recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in ENE were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Ihara, Slom; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) English, Green.
2011-02-24 (S) The committee(s) on AGL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in AGL were as follows: 6 Aye(s): Senator(s) Nishihara, Kahele, Dela Cruz, Kouchi, Shimabukuro, Slom; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) Chun Oakland, Tokuda, Wakai.
2011-02-23 (S) The committee(s) on ENE/AGL/WLH has scheduled a public hearing on 02-24-11 3:20PM in conference room 225.
2011-01-24 (S) Referred to ENE/AGL/WLH.
2011-01-24 (S) Passed First Reading.
2011-01-21 (S) Introduced.

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