Hawaii House Bill 646

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 23 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-12-11 - Carried over to 2024 Regular Session.
Pending: House Consumer Protection & Commerce Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Repeals the exemption granted to churches by Act 22, Session Laws of Hawaii 2020, relating to bonding requirements and fee requirements for licenses, renewals, and reinstatements of licenses applicable to cemeteries and funeral trusts. Clarifies that the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs shall exempt any cemetery authority from the bonding requirement and the fee requirements for license, renewal, and reinstatement upon proof satisfactory to the Director that the cemetery authority does not sell for financial profit. Effective retroactively to 09/15/2020.

Relating To Cemeteries.

Rep. Mark Nakashima [D]

Rep. Scott Nishimoto [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-12-11		Carried over to 2024 Regular Session.
2023-02-02	House	The committee(s) on CPC recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.
2023-01-30	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Thursday, 02-02-23 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2023-01-27	House	Referred to CPC, FIN, referral sheet 2
2023-01-23	House	Introduced and Pass First Reading.
2023-01-20	House	Pending introduction.

SB157 (Same As) 2023-12-11 - Carried over to 2024 Regular Session.
HB646 (Carry Over) 2023-02-02 - The committee(s) on CPC recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=646&year=2024
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB646_.HTM