Hawaii House Bill 2483 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Enrolled on April 10 2012 - 75% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-04-16 - (H) Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 754).
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Requires businesses in the State to collect a fee for single-use checkout bags provided to a customer. Allows businesses to keep twenty per cent of the fees for the first year of the program and ten per cent of the fees thereafter, subject to income and general excises taxes. Requires fees to be collected on single-use checkout bags not prohibited by county ordinance. From 1/1/13 to 12/31/13, deposits all fees not retained by businesses into a special account in the environmental management special fund; requires first $800,000 of all fees collected to be expended by DOH for costs relating to administrative, education, audit, compliance, and enforcement activities associated with the fee; and requires any remaining fees collected to be deposited in the environmental response revolving fund and the natural area reserve fund. From 1/1/14, requires ten per cent of all fees collected to be deposited in enumerated county environmental funds and requires eighty per cent of all fees collected to be deposited in the same manner as all fees deposited by the State from 1/1/13 to 12/31/13. Requires reports to the legislature. Makes dietary supplements that contain caffeine or carbonated water subject to the requirements of the deposit beverage container program beginning 1/1/2013. Appropriates funds for administration of single-use checkout bag fee program. (SD1)

Environmental Protection; Single-use Checkout Bags; Fee; Deposit Beverage Container Program; Dietary Supplements; Appropriation

Rep. Calvin Say [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-04-16		(H) Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 754).
2012-04-16		(S) Senate Conferees appointed: Gabbard, Chair; Ige, Co-Chair(s); English, Ihara, Kouchi.
2012-04-13		(S) Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 547).
2012-04-12		(H) House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
2012-04-10		(H) Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 620) in amended form (SD 1).
2012-04-10		(S) Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Espero, Kidani, Kim, Tokuda . Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Slom). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
2012-04-05		(S) 48 Hrs. Notice 04-10-12.
2012-04-05		(S) Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
2012-04-05		(S) Reported from ENE/WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3184) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
2012-04-03		(S) The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 10 Aye(s): Senator(s) Ige, Dela Cruz, English, Kahele, Kouchi, Ryan, Tokuda; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Kidani, Espero, Wakai ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Slom; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) Chun Oakland, Fukunaga, Kim.
2012-04-03		(S) The committee(s) on ENE recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in ENE were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, English, Green, Ihara; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Slom; and 0 Excused: none.
2012-03-30		(S) The committee(s) on ENE/WAM has scheduled a public hearing on 04-03-12 2:45PM in conference room 225.
2012-03-28		(S) Re-Referred to ENE/WAM.
2012-03-08		(S) Referred to ENE/WLH.
2012-03-08		(S) Passed First Reading.
2012-03-08		(S) Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 217).
2012-03-06		(H) Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.
2012-03-02		(H) Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 888-12), recommending passage on Third Reading.
2012-02-28		(H) The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 17 Ayes: Representative(s) Oshiro, M. Lee, Choy, Cullen, Giugni, Har, Hashem, Ichiyama, Jordan, Kawakami, C. Lee, Morikawa, Tokioka, Yamashita, Marumoto, Riviere, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
2012-02-27		(H) Broadcast of hearing/briefing available. See: www.capitoltv.org
2012-02-24		(H) Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 02-28-12 2:00PM in House conference room 308.
2012-02-14		(H) 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 C. Lee, M. Lee excused (2).
2012-02-14		(H) Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 314-12) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
2012-02-07		(H) The committees on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Coffman, Kawakami, Carroll, Chang, Har, Herkes, Ito, Nakashima, Riviere, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cabanilla.
2012-02-03		(H) Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Tuesday, 02-07-12 9:00AM in House conference room 325.
2012-01-25		(H) Referred to EEP, FIN, referral sheet 7
2012-01-25		(H) Introduced and Pass First Reading.
2012-01-23		(H) Pending introduction.

SB2745 (Same As) 2012-07-10 - (S) Act 286, 7/9/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1403).

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2483
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2012/Bills/HB2483_.htm
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2012/Bills/HB2483_HD1_.HTM
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2012/CommReports/HB2483_HD1_HSCR314-12_.HTM
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2012/CommReports/HB2483_HD1_HSCR888-12_.HTM
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2012/Bills/HB2483_SD1_PROPOSED_.htm
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2012/Bills/HB2483_SD1_.HTM
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2012/CommReports/HB2483_SD1_SSCR3184_.HTM