Hawaii Senate Bill 304

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-1)
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]

Effective 7/1/2025, establishes the visitor impact fee program within the department of land and natural resources, through which the department will collect a fee from visitors for a license to visit a state park, forest, hiking trail, or other state natural area. Establishes the visitor impact fee special fund effective 7/1/2023. Requires report to the legislature on strategic plan and timetable for objectives and implementation of the visitor impact fee program. Appropriates funds for the visitor impact fee strategic plan and positions for the visitor impact fee program. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD3)

Relating To Visitor Impact Fees.

Sen. Donovan Cruz [D]	Sen. Henry Aquino [D]	Sen. Brenton Awa [R]	Sen. Stanley Chang [D]
Sen. Dru Kanuha [D]	Sen. Gil Keith-agaran [D]	Sen. Donna Kim [D]	Sen. Chris Lee [D]
Sen. Angus McKelvey [D]	Sen. Sharon Moriwaki [D]	Sen. Karl Rhoads [D]	Sen. Michelle Kidani [D]
Sen. Tim Richards [D]	Sen. Maile Shimabukuro [D]	Sen. Glenn Wakai [D]

2023-02-22 - Senate - Senate Ways and Means: Passed, With Amendments (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-14 - Senate - Senate Energy, Economic Development, and Tourism: Passed, With Amendments (Y: 3 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-02-14 - Senate - Senate Water and Land: Passed, With Amendments (Y: 3 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [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 5:00PM in conference room 229.
2023-04-27	Senate	Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-28-23 10:30AM; Conference Room 229.
2023-04-27	Senate	Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 884).
2023-04-26	House	House Conferees Appointed: Quinlan, Ichiyama, Yamashita Co-Chairs; Evslin, Kitagawa, Poepoe, Pierick.
2023-04-19	House	Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 911).
2023-04-19	Senate	Senate Conferees Appointed: Inouye Chair; DeCoite, Lee Co-Chairs.
2023-04-11	House	Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 882).
2023-04-11	Senate	Senate disagrees with House amendments.
2023-04-11	Senate	Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 676).
2023-04-06	House	Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 3 with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Kong voting no (1) and Representative(s) Nishimoto excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.
2023-04-04	House	Forty-eight (48) hours notice Thursday, 04-06-23.
2023-04-04	House	Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1956) as amended in HD 3, recommending passage on Third Reading.
2023-03-29	House	The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Cochran, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Alcos, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Kila, Nishimoto.
2023-03-27	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 03-29-23 3:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2023-03-24	House	Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ilagan excused (1).
2023-03-24	House	Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1589) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
2023-03-22	House	The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Poepoe, Chun, Ganaden, Hashem, Morikawa, Takayama, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
2023-03-17	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Wednesday, 03-22-23 9:30AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2023-03-16	House	Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on WAL with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Perruso excused (1).
2023-03-16	House	Reported from TOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1229) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to WAL.
2023-03-14	House	The committee on TOU recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Quinlan, Hussey-Burdick, La Chica, Lamosao, Nakamura, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Holt, Kong.
2023-03-10	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by TOU on Tuesday, 03-14-23 10:00AM in House conference room 423 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2023-03-09	House	Referred to TOU, WAL, FIN , referral sheet 17
2023-03-09	House	Pass First Reading
2023-03-07	House	Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 128) in amended form (SD 2).
2023-03-07	Senate	Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Fukunaga). Transmitted to House.
2023-03-02	Senate	48 Hrs. Notice 03-07-23.
2023-03-02	Senate	Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 673) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
2023-02-22	Senate	The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, Aquino, DeCoite, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, Moriwaki, Shimabukuro, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
2023-02-17	Senate	The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-22-23 9:30AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
2023-02-17	Senate	Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
2023-02-17	Senate	Reported from WTL/EET (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 467) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
2023-02-14	Senate	The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WTL were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Elefante, McKelvey; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Chang, Fevella.
2023-02-14	Senate	The committee(s) on EET recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EET were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Wakai, Kim; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Fukunaga, Fevella.
2023-02-10	Senate	The committee(s) on WTL/EET has scheduled a public hearing on 02-14-23 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
2023-01-25	Senate	Referred to WTL/EET, WAM.
2023-01-19	Senate	Passed First Reading.
2023-01-19	Senate	Introduced.

SB304 (Carry Over) 2023-04-28 - Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-28-23 5:00PM in conference room 229.
HB1162 (Same As) 2023-12-11 - Carried over to 2024 Regular Session.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=304&year=2024
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB304_SD2_.HTM
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB304_HD3_.HTM
Roll Call	https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=304&year=2024