Hawaii House Bill 1543 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-1)
Status: Engrossed on March 3 2017 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-24 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL/WAM.
Pending: Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Requires the University of Hawaii community colleges to establish energy systems and technology training courses for county employees responsible for permitting, inspecting, licensing, and approving construction projects that contain renewable energy systems and related technology. Requires the establishment of a committee of industry stakeholders to collaborate with the University of Hawaii community colleges in developing appropriate training courses. Requires the University of Hawaii community colleges to submit a report to the legislature detailing its progress prior to the convening of the regular session of 2019. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

Relating To Energy Training.

Rep. Nicole Lowen [D]	Rep. Ty Cullen [D]	Rep. Beth Fukumoto Chang [R]	Sen. Chris Lee [D]
Rep. Sylvia Luke [D]	Sen. Angus McKelvey [D]	Rep. Mark Nakashima [D]	Rep. Calvin Say [D]
Rep. Ryan Yamane [D]	Rep. Kyle Yamashita [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-24	Senate	Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL/WAM.
2017-03-24	Senate	Reported from TRE/ETT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1046) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDL/WAM.
2017-03-17	Senate	The committee(s) on TRE recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in TRE were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Dela Cruz, Shimabukuro; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) English, Harimoto.
2017-03-17	Senate	The committee(s) on ETT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in ETT were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Taniguchi, Baker, Galuteria, L. Thielen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
2017-03-14	Senate	The committee(s) on TRE/ETT has scheduled a public hearing on 03-17-17 2:00PM in conference room 414.
2017-03-09	Senate	Referred to TRE/ETT, JDL/WAM.
2017-03-07	Senate	Passed First Reading.
2017-03-07	Senate	Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 204).
2017-03-03	House	Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ichiyama, McDermott excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.
2017-03-03	House	Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 923), recommending passage on Third Reading.
2017-02-28	House	The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Cachola, Choy, Gates, Holt, Keohokalole, Kobayashi, LoPresti, Lowen, Nakamura, Tokioka, Quinlan, Yamashita, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) DeCoite, Tupola.
2017-02-24	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 02-28-17 11:00AM in House conference room 308.
2017-02-17	House	Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite, Tokioka excused (2).
2017-02-17	House	Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 694) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
2017-02-14	House	The committees on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Holt, Keohokalole, Nakashima, Takumi, Yamashita, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
2017-02-10	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by LAB on Tuesday, 02-14-17 10:00AM in House conference room 309.
2017-02-07	House	Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on LAB with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Oshiro excused (1).
2017-02-07	House	Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 73) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to LAB.
2017-02-02	House	The committees on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, Lowen, Cullen, Evans, Ichiyama, Kong, Say, Yamane, Fukumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
2017-01-30	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Thursday, 02-02-17 8:30AM in House conference room 325.
2017-01-30	House	Referred to EEP, LAB, FIN, referral sheet 6
2017-01-25	House	Introduced and Pass First Reading.

HB1543 (Carry Over) 2017-03-24 - Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL/WAM.

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1543&year=2017
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/HB1543_.HTM
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/HB1543_HD1_.HTM
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/HB1543_HD2_.HTM
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/HB1543_SD1_.HTM