Hawaii Senate Bill 2776 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: Engrossed on March 8 2016 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-03-24 - 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) Kawakami, Kong, Oshiro, Tokioka, Tupola, Woodson excused (6).
Pending: House Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Beginning January 1, 2018, allows a commissioner to attend by teleconference or videoconference a public hearing of the public utilities commission, except for a contested case hearing, including allowing a commissioner who resides on an island other than Oahu to attend a public hearing of the commission held on Oahu and a commissioner residing on the island of Oahu to attend a public hearing of the commission held on an island other than Oahu, by teleconference or videoconference. Enables a member of the commission who is a resident of a county other than the city and county of Honolulu to receive per diem compensation and reimbursed for reasonable travel and lodging expenses. Enables a person's island of residence to be used as a criterion when determining the person's qualification to serve as a commissioner. (SB2776 HD1)

Public Utilities Commission; Commissioners; Teleconference; Videoconference; Per Diem; Qualifications

Sen. Rosalyn Baker [D]	Sen. Kalani English [D]	Sen. Gil Keith-agaran [D]	Sen. Michelle Kidani [D]
Sen. Russell Ruderman [D]	Sen. Les Ihara [D]	Sen. Lorraine Inouye [D]	Sen. Clarence Nishihara [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-24	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) Kawakami, Kong, Oshiro, Tokioka, Tupola, Woodson excused (6).
2016-03-24	House	Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1300-16) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
2016-03-21	House	The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) McKelvey, Woodson, Belatti, Brower, Creagan, Hashem, C. Lee, Nakashima, Oshiro, San Buenaventura, Takayama, Fukumoto Chang, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Har, Kawakami, Yamane.
2016-03-18	House	Bill scheduled for decision making on Monday, 03-21-16 2:00PM in conference room 325.
2016-03-16	House	The committee(s) on CPC recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 03-21-16 2:00PM.
2016-03-14	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Wednesday, 03-16-16 2:05PM in House conference room 325.
2016-03-10	House	Referred to CPC, FIN, referral sheet 26
2016-03-10	House	Pass First Reading
2016-03-08	House	Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 244) in amended form (SD 1).
2016-03-08	Senate	Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Riviere). Transmitted to House.
2016-03-04	Senate	One Day Notice 03-08-16.
2016-03-04	Senate	Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2685) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
2016-02-25	Senate	The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 7 Aye(s): Senator(s) Tokuda, Dela Cruz, Chun Oakland, Harimoto, Inouye, Riviere, Slom; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 4 Excused: Senator(s) English, Galuteria, Taniguchi, Wakai.
2016-02-23	Senate	The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-25-16 9:30AM in conference room 211.
2016-02-18	Senate	Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
2016-02-18	Senate	Reported from CPH/JDL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2362) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
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: 6 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Kidani, Espero, Ihara, Slom; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Nishihara ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Ruderman.
2016-02-12	Senate	The committee(s) on JDL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDL were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keith-Agaran, Gabbard, Kim, L. Thielen, Slom; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Shimabukuro.
2016-02-09	Senate	The committee(s) on CPH/JDL has rescheduled its public hearing to 02-12-16 9:00AM in conference room 016.
2016-02-02	Senate	The committee(s) on CPH/JDL has scheduled a public hearing on 02-12-16 9:00AM in conference room 229.
2016-01-27	Senate	Referred to CPH/JDL, WAM.
2016-01-27	Senate	Passed First Reading.
2016-01-27	Senate	Introduced.

HB1851 (Same As) 2016-04-27 - Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-29-16 10:30AM in conference room 016.

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2776&year=2016
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2016/bills/SB2776_.HTM
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2016/bills/SB2776_SD1_.HTM
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2016/bills/SB2776_HD1_.HTM