Hawaii House Bill 676

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Engrossed on March 2 2023 - 50% progression
Action: 2024-03-25 - Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Authorizes the appropriate county land use decision-making authority to determine district boundary amendments involving land areas over fifteen acres but not over one hundred acres, except lands that are designated as important agricultural land or lands where the soil is classified by the Land Study Bureau's detailed land classification as overall (master) productivity class A or B if the county has adopted an ordinance that meets certain requirements. Requires each county land use decision-making authority whose county adopted an ordinance to submit a report to the Legislature. (CD2)

Relating To District Boundary Amendments.

Sen. Troy Hashimoto [D]

Rep. Micah Aiu [D]

2023-04-28 - House - House Conference: Passed, With Amendments (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-04-28 - Senate - Senate Conference: Passed, With Amendments (Y: 3 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-04-05 - Senate - Senate Judiciary: Passed, With Amendments (Y: 3 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-03-20 - Senate - Senate Water and Land: Passed, With Amendments (Y: 4 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-03-20 - Senate - Senate Government Operations: Passed, With Amendments (Y: 2 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-25	Senate	Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
2024-03-22	House	House Conferee(s) discharged.
2024-03-20	House	Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 340).
2024-03-20	Senate	Senate Conferee(s) discharged.
2023-12-11		Carried over to 2024 Regular Session.
2023-05-04	Senate	Recommitted to Conference Committee.
2023-05-04	House	Recommitted to Conference committee as amended in CD 2 with none voting no and Representative(s) Hashem, Lowen, Martinez excused.
2023-05-02	House	Forty-eight (48) hours notice Thursday, 05-04-23.
2023-05-02	House	Floor amendment adopted as amended CD 2 with none voting no and none excused.
2023-05-02	House	Floor Amendment No. 13 offered by Rep. Hashimoto.
2023-05-02	Senate	48 Hrs. Notice 05-04-23
2023-05-02	Senate	Report filed.
2023-05-02	Senate	Separated Committee Report.
2023-05-02	Senate	Floor amendment adopted as amended (CD 2) following Roll Call vote: Ayes, 18. Ayes(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Dela Cruz. Noes, 7 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCoite, Fevella, Kidani, Kim, McKelvey, Shimabukuro). Excused, 0 (none).
2023-05-02	Senate	Floor Amendment No. 10 offered.
2023-04-28	Senate	48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-02-23.
2023-04-28	Senate	Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 143).
2023-04-28	House	Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday 05-02-23.
2023-04-28	House	Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 143) as amended in (CD 1).
2023-04-28	Senate	The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Elefante; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Rhoads ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) McKelvey; and 0 Excused: none.
2023-04-28	House	The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashimoto, Ichiyama, Tarnas, Yamashita, Aiu, Evslin, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
2023-04-27	House	Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-23 11:15AM in conference room 224.
2023-04-26	House	Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-27-23 11:15AM in conference room 224.
2023-04-25	House	Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Wednesday, 04-26-23 11:15AM in conference room 224.
2023-04-24	House	Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 975).
2023-04-24	Senate	Senate Conferees Appointed: Inouye Chair; McKelvey, Rhoads Co-Chairs; Elefante.
2023-04-24	Senate	Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 837).
2023-04-21	House	House Conferees Appointed: Hashimoto, Ichiyama, Tarnas, Yamashita Co-Chairs; Aiu, Evslin, Matsumoto.
2023-04-21	House	Re-referred to HSG/WAL, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 33
2023-04-14	Senate	Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 800).
2023-04-13	House	House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
2023-04-11	House	Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 767) in amended form (SD 2).
2023-04-11	Senate	Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Ihara, McKelvey, San Buenaventura. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Keohokalole). Transmitted to House.
2023-04-06	Senate	48 Hrs. Notice 04-11-23.
2023-04-06	Senate	Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1830) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
2023-04-05	Senate	The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Elefante; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) San Buenaventura.
2023-03-31	Senate	The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-05-23 9:45AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
2023-03-23	Senate	Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.
2023-03-23	Senate	Reported from WTL/GVO (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1307) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
2023-03-20	Senate	The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in GVO were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) McKelvey, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard, San Buenaventura.
2023-03-20	Senate	The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WTL were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Chang, McKelvey; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Elefante ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Fevella; and 0 Excused: none.
2023-03-16	Senate	The committee(s) on WTL/GVO has scheduled a public hearing on 03-20-23 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
2023-03-09	Senate	Referred to WTL/GVO, JDC.
2023-03-03	Senate	Passed First Reading.
2023-03-03	Senate	Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 68).
2023-03-02	House	Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Garcia, Hussey-Burdick, Matsumoto voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Ganaden, Kapela, Perruso, Quinlan voting no (4) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.
2023-03-02	House	Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 934), recommending passage on Third Reading.
2023-02-23	House	The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Holt, Hashimoto, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Kong, Mizuno, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ganaden.
2023-02-21	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 02-23-23 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2023-02-15	House	Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with Representative(s) Garcia, Hussey-Burdick, Matsumoto, Pierick voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Amato, Kapela, Marten, Perruso, Quinlan voting no (5) and none excused (0).
2023-02-15	House	Reported from HSG/WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 444) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
2023-02-08	House	The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Poepoe, Chun, Ganaden, Hashem, Morikawa, Takayama, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
2023-02-08	House	The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashimoto, Aiu, Kila, Kitagawa, Onishi, Todd; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Matsumoto; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Marten; and Excused: none.
2023-02-03	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by HSG/WAL on Wednesday, 02-08-23 11:00AM in House conference room 312 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2023-02-02	House	Re-referred to HSG/WAL, JHA, referral sheet 8
2023-01-30	House	Referred to WAL, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 3
2023-01-23	House	Introduced and Pass First Reading.
2023-01-20	House	Pending introduction.

SB769 (Same As) 2023-12-11 - Carried over to 2024 Regular Session.
HB676 (Carry Over) 2023-05-04 - Recommitted to Conference Committee.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=676&year=2024
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB676_SD2_.HTM
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB676_CD1_HFA13_.HTM
Roll Call	https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=676&year=2024