HI HB501 | 2015 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: Enrolled on April 14 2015 - 75% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2015-04-30 - Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 05-01-15 1:30PM in conference room 224.
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]
Status: Enrolled on April 14 2015 - 75% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2015-04-30 - Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 05-01-15 1:30PM in conference room 224.
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]
Summary
Allows public utilities to establish certain discounted utility rates for water, electricity, and freight transport for agricultural activities, subject to PUC approval. Requires the PUC to define "qualified agricultural activities" and "bona fide agribusinesses". Takes effect 7/1/2050. (SD1)
Title
Agriculture; Water, Electricity, and Freight Transport Preferential Rates; Public Utilities
Sponsors
| Rep. Clift Tsuji [D] | Rep. Tom Brower [D] | Rep. Romy Cachola [D] | Rep. Ken Ito [D] |
| Rep. Marcus Oshiro [D] | Rep. Calvin Say [D] | Rep. Kyle Yamashita [D] | Rep. Justin Woodson [D] |
| Rep. Richard Onishi [D] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2015-04-30 | House | Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 05-01-15 1:30PM in conference room 224. |
| 2015-04-29 | House | Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-30-15 3:30PM in conference room 224. |
| 2015-04-24 | House | Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-29-15 3:30PM in conference room 224. |
| 2015-04-22 | House | Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-23-15 3:30PM in conference room 224. |
| 2015-04-20 | House | Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 641). |
| 2015-04-20 | Senate | Senate Conferees Appointed: Ruderman Chair; Inouye, Baker Co-Chairs; Riviere, Slom. |
| 2015-04-20 | Senate | Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 617). |
| 2015-04-20 | House | House Conferees Appointed: Tsuji, McKelvey, Luke Co-Chairs; Cachola, Onishi, Ward. |
| 2015-04-20 | House | Re-referred to AGR, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 53 |
| 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. 545) in amended form (SD 1). |
| 2015-04-14 | Senate | Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. |
| 2015-04-10 | Senate | One Day Notice 04-14-15. |
| 2015-04-10 | Senate | Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1529) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading. |
| 2015-04-02 | Senate | The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 9 Aye(s): Senator(s) Tokuda, Kouchi, Chun Oakland, Dela Cruz, English, Harimoto, Inouye, Riviere, Slom; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Galuteria, Ruderman. |
| 2015-03-31 | Senate | The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-02-15 9:30AM in conference room 211. |
| 2015-03-27 | Senate | Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| 2015-03-27 | Senate | Reported from AGL/CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1080) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM. |
| 2015-03-20 | 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, Kidani, Nishihara, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) Taniguchi, Kahele, Slom. |
| 2015-03-19 | Senate | The committee(s) on CPN deferred the measure until 03-20-15 10:00AM in conference room 229. |
| 2015-03-19 | Senate | The committee(s) on AGL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in AGL were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Ruderman, Riviere, Chun Oakland, L. Thielen, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Taniguchi, Slom. |
| 2015-03-13 | Senate | The committee(s) on AGL/CPN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-19-15 2:45PM in conference room 414. |
| 2015-03-12 | Senate | Referred to AGL/CPN, WAM. |
| 2015-03-12 | Senate | Passed First Reading. |
| 2015-03-12 | Senate | Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 198). |
| 2015-03-10 | 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. |
| 2015-03-06 | House | Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-10-15. |
| 2015-03-06 | House | Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 894) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Third Reading. |
| 2015-02-25 | House | The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) McKelvey, Woodson, Belatti, Brower, Creagan, Har, Kawakami, C. Lee, Nakashima, San Buenaventura, Takayama, Yamane, Fukumoto Chang, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Hashem, Oshiro. |
| 2015-02-23 | House | Bill scheduled for decision making on Wednesday, 02-25-15 2:00PM in conference room 325. |
| 2015-02-23 | House | The committee(s) on CPC recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-25-15. |
| 2015-02-19 | House | Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Monday, 02-23-15 2:00PM in House conference room 325. |
| 2015-02-18 | House | Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Pouha excused (1). |
| 2015-02-18 | House | Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 279), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC. |
| 2015-02-13 | House | This measure has been deleted from the meeting scheduled on Wednesday 02-18-15 4:00PM in conference room 325. |
| 2015-02-13 | House | Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Wednesday, 02-18-15 4:00PM in House conference room 325. |
| 2015-02-12 | House | The committees on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Tsuji, Onishi, Brower, Cachola, Choy, Ito, Kawakami, Kong, Ohno, Tokioka, Woodson, Matsumoto, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. |
| 2015-02-11 | House | Broadcast of hearing/briefing available. See: www.capitoltv.org |
| 2015-02-09 | House | Bill scheduled to be heard by AGR on Thursday, 02-12-15 8:30AM in House conference room 312. |
| 2015-01-28 | House | Referred to AGR, CPC, referral sheet 2 |
| 2015-01-26 | House | Introduced and Pass First Reading. |
| 2015-01-23 | House | Pending introduction. |
