Hawaii House Bill 2597 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: Introduced on January 27 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-18 - Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Luke, Nakashima, Souki excused (3).
Pending: House Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Allows the Office of Aerospace Development to hire various positions. Establishes PISCES as a division of the Office of Aerospace Development located on Hawaii Island. Directs PISCES staff to promote and market Hawaii as a research destination. Allows PISCES to hire various positions. Reduces the Board of Directors of PISCES to seven members and amends their powers and duties. Simplifies PISCES' annual report to include a summary of significant accomplishments and activities, and the status of development of partnerships. Appropriates funds. (HB2597 HD1)

Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems Division; PISCES; Office of Aerospace Development; Appropriation ($)

Rep. Clift Tsuji [D]	Rep. Tom Brower [D]	Rep. Romy Cachola [D]	Rep. Ken Ito [D]
Rep. Derek Kawakami [D]	Rep. Takashi Ohno [D]	Rep. Richard Onishi [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-18	House	Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Luke, Nakashima, Souki excused (3).
2016-02-18	House	Reported from EDB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 402-16) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
2016-02-09	House	The committees on EDB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Kawakami, Kong, Brower, Cachola, Choy, DeCoite, Ohno, Onishi, Tokioka, Tsuji, Woodson, Matsumoto, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ito.
2016-02-05	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by EDB on Tuesday, 02-09-16 9:00AM in House conference room 312.
2016-02-01	House	Referred to EDB, FIN, referral sheet 5
2016-01-27	House	Introduced and Pass First Reading.
2016-01-26	House	Pending introduction.

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2597&year=2016
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2016/bills/HB2597_.HTM
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2016/bills/HB2597_HD1_.HTM