Hawaii House Bill 145 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Enrolled on April 14 2015 - 75% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2015-05-01 - Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-15 5:20PM in conference room 225.
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Amends the definition of "tobacco products", to include any product containing nicotine, but not containing tobacco. Imposes an excise tax equal to % of the wholesale price of any tobacco product, other than large cigars, sold by a wholesaler or dealer on and after 1/1/2016, whether or not sold at wholesale, or if not sold then at the same rate upon the use by the wholesaler or dealer. Requires an unspecified amount of the moneys collected under the increased excise tax rate to be deposited to the credit of the Hawaii cancer research special fund. Amends the excise tax rate on the sale of large cigars beginning on and after 1/1/2016 to the lesser of cents for each large cigar or % of the wholesale price of each large cigar. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)

Tobacco Products; Large Cigars; Excise Tax; Hawaii Cancer Research Special Fund

Rep. Joseph Souki [D]

Rep. Sylvia Luke [D]

Sen. Angus McKelvey [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-05-01	Senate	Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-15 5:20PM in conference room 225.
2015-05-01	Senate	Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 5-01-15 4:40pm in conference room 016.
2015-05-01	Senate	Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-15 2:30PM in conference room 016.
2015-04-30	Senate	Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-15 10:20AM in conference room 016.
2015-04-30	Senate	Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-30-15 at 4:00 pm in conference room 016.
2015-04-29	Senate	Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-30-15 9:15AM in conference room 016.
2015-04-28	Senate	Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-29-15 10:00AM in conference room 016.
2015-04-27	House	Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Tuesday, 04-28-15 10:00AM in conference room 016.
2015-04-20	House	Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 641).
2015-04-20	Senate	Senate Conferees Appointed: Baker Chair; Tokuda Co-Chair; Kouchi, Taniguchi, Wakai.
2015-04-20	Senate	Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 617).
2015-04-20	House	House Conferees Appointed: McKelvey, Nishimoto Co-Chairs; Woodson, McDermott.
2015-04-17	Senate	Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 616).
2015-04-16	House	House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
2015-04-14	House	Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 511) in amended form (SD 2).
2015-04-14	Senate	Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Slom). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
2015-04-10	Senate	48 Hrs. Notice 04-14-15.
2015-04-10	Senate	Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1553) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
2015-04-09	Senate	The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 7 Aye(s): Senator(s) Tokuda, Kouchi, Chun Oakland, Inouye, Riviere, Ruderman; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Harimoto ; 0 No(es): none; and 4 Excused: Senator(s) Dela Cruz, English, Galuteria, Slom.
2015-04-06	Senate	The committee(s) on WAM has scheduled a public hearing on 04-09-15 9:00AM in conference room 211.
2015-03-25	Senate	Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
2015-03-25	Senate	Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1061) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
2015-03-23	Senate	The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Kahele, Kidani, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) Taniguchi, Nishihara, Slom.
2015-03-18	Senate	The committee(s) on CPN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-23-15 10:00AM in conference room 229.
2015-03-12	Senate	Referred to CPN, WAM.
2015-03-12	Senate	Passed First Reading.
2015-03-12	Senate	Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 148).
2015-03-10	House	Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Jordan, Keohokalole, LoPresti, Oshiro, Pouha, San Buenaventura, Tokioka, Ward voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Fukumoto Chang, Kobayashi, Ohno, Onishi, Rhoads, Thielen, Tupola voting no (7) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.
2015-03-06	House	Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 888), recommending passage on Third Reading.
2015-03-04	House	The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Nishimoto, Cachola, Johanson, Lowen, Yamashita; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Cullen, DeCoite, Jordan, Keohokalole, Onishi, Tokioka, Pouha, Ward; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Kobayashi; and Excused: none.
2015-02-27	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 03-04-15 11:00AM in House conference room 308.
2015-02-20	House	Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Thielen voting no (1) and Representative(s) Ito excused (1).
2015-02-20	House	Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 485) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
2015-02-18	House	The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) McKelvey, Woodson, Belatti, Brower, Creagan, Har, Hashem, C. Lee, Nakashima, Oshiro, San Buenaventura, Takayama, Yamane, Fukumoto Chang, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kawakami.
2015-02-11	House	Bill scheduled for decision making on Wednesday, 02-18-15 2:00PM in conference room 325.
2015-02-11	House	The committee(s) on CPC recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-18-15.
2015-02-09	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Wednesday, 02-11-15 2:30PM in House conference room 325.
2015-01-26	House	Referred to CPC, FIN, referral sheet 1
2015-01-23	House	Introduced and Passed First Reading
2015-01-22	House	Pending introduction.

SB401 (Same As) 2015-03-27 - Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Jordan, LoPresti, Onishi, Oshiro, Rhoads, Tokioka, Tupola, Ward voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Thielen voting no (1) and Representative(s) Choy, Ing, Lowen, Luke, McKelvey, Pouha excused (6).

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=145&year=2015
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2015/bills/HB145_.HTM
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2015/bills/HB145_HD1_.HTM
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2015/bills/HB145_SD1_PROPOSED_.HTM
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2015/bills/HB145_SD1_.HTM
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2015/bills/HB145_SD2_PROPOSED_.HTM
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2015/bills/HB145_SD2_.HTM