Hawaii Senate Bill 2476 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Passed on July 1 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-07-01 - Act 177, 06/30/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1279).
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Enhances early intervention language services for children who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind. Requires the DOH, DOE, and Executive Office on Early Learning to establish a working group for the purposes of investigating issues related to resources and tools for parents of children who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind and improvements to the statewide system of services that support age-appropriate language development for children from birth to age five who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind. Requires working group to report to legislature. (CD1)

Deaf; Hard of Hearing; Deaf-blind; Early Language Services; Working Group

Sen. Suzanne Chun Oakland [D]

Sen. Breene Harimoto [D]

Sen. Maile Shimabukuro [D]

Sen. Brickwood Galuteria [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-07-01	Senate	Act 177, 06/30/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1279).
2016-07-01	House	Act 177, on 06/30/2016 (Gov. Msg. No. 1279).
2016-05-09	Senate	Enrolled to Governor.
2016-05-05	Senate	Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 685).
2016-05-04	House	Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 715).
2016-05-03	House	Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
2016-05-03	Senate	Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). 25 Aye(s); Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
2016-04-28	House	Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 05-03-16.
2016-04-28	House	Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 23-16) as amended in (CD 1).
2016-04-28	Senate	48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-03-16.
2016-04-28	Senate	Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 23-16).
2016-04-25	House	The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Takumi, Johanson, Tokioka, Tupola; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Creagan.
2016-04-25	Senate	The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Kidani, Dela Cruz, Espero; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Slom.
2016-04-25	Senate	Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-16 3:15pm in conference room 016.
2016-04-21	Senate	Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-16 10:00AM in conference room 016.
2016-04-20	Senate	Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-21-16 10:00AM in conference room 016.
2016-04-19	Senate	Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 613).
2016-04-18	House	Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 653).
2016-04-18	House	House Conferees Appointed: Belatti, Takumi, Johanson Co-Chairs; Creagan, Tokioka, Tupola.
2016-04-18	Senate	Senate Conferees Appointed: Baker Chair; Kidani, Dela Cruz Co-Chairs; Espero, Slom.
2016-04-14	House	Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 649).
2016-04-14	Senate	Senate disagrees with House amendments.
2016-04-14	Senate	Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 538).
2016-04-12	House	Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ing, McDermott, Thielen excused (3). Transmitted to Senate.
2016-04-08	House	Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-12-16.
2016-04-08	House	Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1700-16) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
2016-04-07	House	The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Nishimoto, Cachola, Cullen, DeCoite, Johanson, Jordan, Keohokalole, Kobayashi, LoPresti, Lowen, Onishi, Tokioka, Yamashita, Pouha, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
2016-04-07	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 04-07-16 2:01PM in House conference room 308.
2016-03-24	House	Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Kawakami, Kong, Oshiro, Tokioka, Tupola, Woodson excused (6).
2016-03-24	House	Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1230-16), recommending referral to FIN.
2016-03-21	House	The committees on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Ohno, Aquino, Choy, Ichiyama, Say, Tsuji, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Ing, Ito, Kong, Tupola.
2016-03-18	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by EDN on Monday, 03-21-16 2:30PM in House conference room 309.
2016-03-18	House	Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on EDN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cachola, Kawakami, Kong, Tokioka excused (4).
2016-03-18	House	Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1078-16) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to EDN.
2016-03-16	House	The committees on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Creagan, Hashem, Kobayashi, Tupola; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Jordan, Morikawa, Oshiro, Fukumoto Chang.
2016-03-14	House	Broadcast of hearing/briefing available. See: www.capitoltv.org
2016-03-14	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Wednesday, 03-16-16 8:30AM in House conference room 329.
2016-03-10	House	Referred to HLT, EDN, FIN, referral sheet 26
2016-03-10	House	Pass First Reading
2016-03-08	House	Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 175) in amended form (SD 2).
2016-03-08	Senate	Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Riviere). Transmitted to House.
2016-03-04	Senate	48 Hrs. Notice 03-08-16.
2016-03-04	Senate	Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2771) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
2016-03-01	Senate	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) Tokuda, Dela Cruz, Chun Oakland, English, Galuteria, Harimoto, Inouye, Riviere, Wakai, Slom; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Taniguchi.
2016-02-26	Senate	The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-01-16 1:40PM in conference room 211.
2016-02-19	Senate	Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
2016-02-19	Senate	Reported from CPH/EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2458) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
2016-02-12	Senate	The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDU were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kidani, Chun Oakland, Dela Cruz, Riviere, Slom; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Harimoto.
2016-02-12	Senate	The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPH were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Kidani, Espero, Ihara; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) Nishihara, Ruderman, Slom.
2016-02-09	Senate	The committee(s) on CPH/EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 02-12-16 12:30PM in conference room 229.
2016-01-27	Senate	Referred to CPH/EDU, WAM.
2016-01-25	Senate	Passed First Reading.
2016-01-22	Senate	Introduced.

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2476&year=2016
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2016/bills/SB2476_.HTM
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2016/bills/SB2476_SD1_.HTM
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2016/bills/SB2476_SD2_.HTM
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2016/bills/SB2476_HD1_.HTM
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2016/bills/SB2476_HD2_.HTM
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2016/bills/SB2476_CD1_.HTM