Hawaii Senate Bill 849 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on March 10 2015 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-12 - Referred to EDN, FIN, referral sheet 30
Pending: House Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Temporarily authorizes the state public charter school commission to request the issuance of general obligation bonds to finance public charter school facilities. Creates a working group to act in an advisory capacity to determine the criteria for and allocation of bond proceeds and establish procedures and guidelines for the appropriate use, expenditure, and oversight of facility funds. Specifies that bond-funded facilities are owned by the State. Requires an annual report to the legislature. Authorizes the issuance of bonds to fund public charter school facilities. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD2)

State Public Charter School Commission; Facilities Funding; General Obligation Bonds; Appropriation ($)

Sen. Michelle Kidani [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-12	House	Referred to EDN, FIN, referral sheet 30
2015-03-12	House	Pass First Reading
2015-03-10	House	Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 224) in amended form (SD 2).
2015-03-10	Senate	Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Taniguchi . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
2015-03-06	Senate	48 Hrs. Notice 03-10-15.
2015-03-06	Senate	Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 715) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
2015-03-02	Senate	The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 11 Aye(s): Senator(s) Tokuda, Kouchi, Chun Oakland, Dela Cruz, English, Galuteria, Harimoto, Inouye, Riviere, Ruderman, Slom; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
2015-02-27	Senate	The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-02-15 9:00AM in conference room 211.
2015-02-12	Senate	Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
2015-02-12	Senate	Reported from EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 140) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
2015-02-06	Senate	The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDU were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kidani, Harimoto, Chun Oakland, Dela Cruz, Nishihara; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 4 Excused: Senator(s) Keith-Agaran, Kouchi, L. Thielen, Slom.
2015-02-03	Senate	The committee(s) on EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 02-06-15 1:15PM in conference room 229.
2015-01-28	Senate	Referred to EDU, WAM.
2015-01-26	Senate	Passed First Reading.
2015-01-23	Senate	Introduced.

HB233 (Same As) 2015-02-09 - The committee(s) on EDN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=849&year=2015
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2015/bills/SB849_.HTM
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2015/bills/SB849_SD1_.HTM
Text	http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2015/bills/SB849_SD2_.HTM