Hawaii House Bill 550

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-0)
Status: Introduced on January 21 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-25 - The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Kusch, Reyes Oda, Ward.
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

PART I: Allows recordings made by law enforcement agencies who are using, controlling, or operating unmanned aerial vehicles to establish probable cause for arrests under the Fireworks Control Law if the unmanned aerial vehicle is recording directly above public property and the act leading to the arrest is committed on public property. PART II: Appropriates funds to the Department of Law Enforcement for the purchase of unmanned aerial vehicles to monitor the use of illegal fireworks. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Relating To Fireworks.

Rep. Cory Chun [D]	Rep. Della au Belatti [D]	Rep. Luke Evslin [D]	Rep. Andrew Garrett [D]
Rep. Kim Iwamoto [D]	Rep. Lisa Kitagawa [D]	Rep. Rachele Fernandez Lamosao [D]	Rep. Mike Lee [D]
Rep. Nicole Lowen [D]	Rep. Lisa Marten [D]	Rep. Tyson Miyake [D]	Rep. Daynette Morikawa [D]
Rep. Ikaika Olds [D]	Rep. Mahina Poepoe [D]	Rep. Sean Quinlan [D]	Rep. Jackson Sayama [D]
Rep. Jenna Takenouchi [D]	Rep. Adrian Tam [D]	Rep. Chris Todd [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-25	House	The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Kusch, Reyes Oda, Ward.
2025-02-21	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 02-25-25 12:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2025-02-13	House	Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Garcia, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3).
2025-02-13	House	Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 616) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
2025-02-06	House	The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Cochran, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Shimizu; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Garcia.
2025-02-03	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 02-06-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2025-01-21	House	Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 2
2025-01-21	House	Introduced and Pass First Reading.
2025-01-17	House	Pending introduction.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=550&year=2025
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB550_.HTM
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB550_HD1_.HTM
Supplement	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/Testimony/HB550_TESTIMONY_JHA_02-06-25_.PDF
Supplement	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/CommReports/HB550_HD1_HSCR616_.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/Testimony/HB550_HD1_TESTIMONY_FIN_02-25-25_.PDF