Hawaii House Bill 719

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on March 7 2023 - 50% progression
Action: 2024-03-25 - Received notice of discharge of all conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Imposes a cap on charges for the reproduction of certain government records. Waives the cost of duplication of government records provided to requestors in an electronic format. Allows agencies to withhold certain deliberative documents before a decision is made. Imposes a cap on charges for searching for, reviewing, and segregating records. Provides for a waiver of fees when the public interest is served by a record's disclosure. Appropriates funds for positions in the Office of Information Practices. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)

Relating To Public Records.

Rep. Scott Saiki [D]

2023-04-06 - Senate - Senate Ways and Means: Passed, With Amendments (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-04-06 - Senate - Senate Judiciary: Passed, With Amendments (Y: 3 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-03-23 - Senate - Senate Government Operations: Passed, With Amendments (Y: 5 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [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.
2023-04-28	House	Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-23 4:30PM in conference room 309.
2023-04-27	House	Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-23 2:35PM in conference room 325.
2023-04-26	House	Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-27-23 2:35PM in conference room 325.
2023-04-25	House	Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-26-23 2:35PM in conference room 325.
2023-04-24	House	Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Tuesday 04-25-23 1:35PM in conference room 325.
2023-04-21	House	Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-24-23 1:30PM in conference room 325.
2023-04-20	House	Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 931).
2023-04-20	Senate	Senate Conferees Appointed: McKelvey Chair; Keith-Agaran, Rhoads Co-Chairs; Aquino, Fevella.
2023-04-18	Senate	Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 801).
2023-04-17	House	House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas, Nishimoto Co-Chairs; Takayama, Souza.
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. 778) in amended form (SD 2).
2023-04-11	Senate	Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Ihara. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Keohokalole). Transmitted to House.
2023-04-06	Senate	48 Hrs. Notice 04-11-23.
2023-04-06	Senate	Reported from WAM/JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1883) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
2023-04-06	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, Elefante, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard, Awa.
2023-04-06	Senate	The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 11 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, Aquino, DeCoite, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, Moriwaki, Shimabukuro; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Wakai, Fevella.
2023-04-04	Senate	The committee(s) on WAM/JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-06-23 10:45AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
2023-03-24	Senate	Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM/JDC.
2023-03-24	Senate	Reported from GVO (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1405) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM/JDC.
2023-03-23	Senate	The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in GVO were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) McKelvey, Gabbard, San Buenaventura, Wakai, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
2023-03-21	Senate	The committee(s) on GVO deferred the measure until 03-23-23 3:00PM; Conference Room 225.
2023-03-15	Senate	The committee(s) on GVO has scheduled a public hearing on 03-21-23 3:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
2023-03-10	Senate	Referred to GVO, WAM/JDC.
2023-03-09	Senate	Passed First Reading.
2023-03-09	Senate	Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 335).
2023-03-07	House	Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.
2023-03-03	House	Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1197), recommending passage on Third Reading.
2023-02-28	House	The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Cochran, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kila, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Nishimoto, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Alcos, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
2023-02-25	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 02-28-23 11:30AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2023-02-14	House	Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Kong voting no (1) and Representative(s) Kitagawa excused (1).
2023-02-14	House	Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 396) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
2023-02-08	House	The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Ganaden, Ichiyama, Mizuno, Souza; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Holt, Hashimoto, Ilagan; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Kong; and Excused: none.
2023-02-06	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 02-08-23 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2023-01-30	House	Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 3
2023-01-23	House	Introduced and Pass First Reading.
2023-01-20	House	Pending introduction.

HB719 (Carry Over) 2023-04-28 - Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-23 4:30PM in conference room 309.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=719&year=2024
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB719_SD2_.HTM
Roll Call	https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=719&year=2024