Hawaii Senate Bill 306

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-1)
Status: Engrossed on March 7 2023 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2024-03-20 - Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 340).
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Requires that prior to the adoption, amendment, or repeal of an administrative rule, electronic notice of the proposed rulemaking be provided to all persons who have made a timely written request to, and provided a valid working email address to, the adopting agency for advance notice of its rulemaking proceedings. Requires that alterations to administrative rules be displayed in Ramseyer format and the full text of rules be made available in a digitally accessible and searchable format. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD1)

Relating To Public Information.

Sen. Donovan Cruz [D]	Sen. Henry Aquino [D]	Sen. Stanley Chang [D]	Sen. Lorraine Inouye [D]
Sen. Dru Kanuha [D]	Sen. Angus McKelvey [D]	Sen. Karl Rhoads [D]	Sen. Brenton Awa [R]
Sen. Les Ihara [D]	Sen. Michelle Kidani [D]	Sen. Tim Richards [D]	Sen. Glenn Wakai [D]

2023-03-01 - Senate - Senate Judiciary: Passed, Unamended (Y: 5 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-03-01 - Senate - Senate Ways and Means: Passed, Unamended (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-02 - Senate - Senate Government Operations: Passed, With Amendments (Y: 5 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
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.
2023-04-18	House	Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 904).
2023-04-18	Senate	Senate Conferees Appointed: McKelvey Chair; Gabbard, Inouye Co-Chairs; Elefante, Awa.
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. 677).
2023-04-06	House	Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Nishimoto excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.
2023-04-06	House	Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2055), recommending passage on Third Reading.
2023-03-31	House	The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Cochran, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kila, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Nishimoto, Takenouchi, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Poepoe, Alcos.
2023-03-29	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 03-31-23 3:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2023-03-22	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) Kitagawa excused (1).
2023-03-22	House	Reported from LGO (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1439) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
2023-03-21	House	The committee on LGO recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Garrett, Kapela, Sayama, Tam; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Martinez, Alcos.
2023-03-17	House	Bill scheduled to be heard by LGO on Tuesday, 03-21-23 9:30AM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2023-03-09	House	Referred to LGO, FIN , referral sheet 17
2023-03-09	House	Pass First Reading
2023-03-07	House	Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 129) in amended form (SD 1).
2023-03-07	Senate	Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Fukunaga). Transmitted to House.
2023-03-03	Senate	One Day Notice 03-07-23.
2023-03-03	Senate	Reported from JDC/WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1096) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
2023-03-01	Senate	The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. 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.
2023-03-01	Senate	The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Elefante, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
2023-02-24	Senate	The committee(s) on JDC/WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-01-23 10:05AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
2023-02-10	Senate	Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC/WAM.
2023-02-10	Senate	Reported from GVO (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 159) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC/WAM.
2023-02-02	Senate	The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in GVO were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) McKelvey, Gabbard, San Buenaventura, Wakai, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
2023-01-31	Senate	Re-Referred to GVO, JDC/WAM.
2023-01-27	Senate	The committee(s) on GVO has scheduled a public hearing on 02-02-23 3:15PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
2023-01-25	Senate	Referred to GVO, JDC.
2023-01-19	Senate	Passed First Reading.
2023-01-19	Senate	Introduced.

SB306 (Carry Over) 2023-04-18 - Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 904).

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=306&year=2024
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB306_SD1_.HTM
Text	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB306_HD1_.HTM
Roll Call	https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=306&year=2024