Hawaii House Bill 296 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on March 5 2021 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-12-10 - Carried over to 2022 Regular Session.
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Restricts the use of leaf blowers in the Waikiki special improvement district within a residential zone or near a residence to between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on any day except Sunday or a state or federal holiday and between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on Sunday or any state or federal holiday. Allows commercial and hotel operators to operate leaf blowers on their premises at least one hundred feet away from a residential zone or residence between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on any day except Sunday or a state or federal holiday, and between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on Sunday or any state or federal holiday. Provides that leaf blowers used in special improvement districts during the permitted hours shall not emit more than eighty decibels of noise. Effective 1/1/2050. (HD1)

Relating To Leaf Blowers.

Rep. Adrian Tam [D]

2021-02-26 - House - House Finance: Passed, Unamended (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-02-04 - House - House Consumer Protection & Commerce: Passed, With Amendments (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-12-10		Carried over to 2022 Regular Session.
2021-03-24	Senate	Re-Referred to JDC.
2021-03-15	Senate	Re-Referred to HTH, JDC.
2021-03-09	Senate	Referred to HTH, JDC/WAM.
2021-03-09	Senate	Passed First Reading.
2021-03-09	Senate	Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 112).
2021-03-05	House	Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Okimoto voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) McKelvey excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.
2021-03-05	House	Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 780), recommending passage on Third Reading.
2021-02-26	House	The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Branco, Eli, Holt, Ilagan, B. Kobayashi, Marten, Perruso, Sayama, Tam, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Nishimoto.
2021-02-23	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 02-26-21 11:00AM in House conference room 308 Via Videoconference.
2021-02-12	House	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 Representative(s) Eli, Gates, Hashimoto excused (3).
2021-02-12	House	Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 241) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
2021-02-04	House	The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Kitagawa, Aquino, Har, Hashem, Kong, Mizuno, Morikawa, Onishi, Tarnas, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
2021-02-02	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Thursday, 02-04-21 2:00PM in House conference room Via Videoconference.
2021-01-27	House	Referred to CPC, FIN, referral sheet 1
2021-01-25	House	Introduced and Pass First Reading.
2021-01-22	House	Pending introduction.

SB327 (Same As) 2021-12-10 - Carried over to 2022 Regular Session.
HB296 (Carry Over) 2021-03-24 - Re-Referred to JDC.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=296&year=2022
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2022/bills/HB296_.HTM
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2022/bills/HB296_HD1_.HTM
Roll Call	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=296&year=2022