Hawaii State Legislature
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SB1793 SD1 HD1 CD1 
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Measure Title:
RELATING TO THE NATURAL ENERGY LABORATORY OF HAWAII AUTHORITY.
Report Title:
Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority; Board of Directors
Description:
Allows the natural energy laboratory of Hawaii authority (NELHA) to communicate directly with governor and legislature and make employment decisions and purchase supplies, equipment, and furniture without DBEDT approval, with the exception of actions in regard to the center of excellence for research in ocean sciences. Increases from eleven to thirteen, the number of members on the board; increases from three to five, the number of public members, with two of them selected from tenants of NELHA and three from the general public; prevents the tenant members from voting on lease rent or water rate issues; and requires a super majority vote of seven members to make decisions on lease rent or water rate issues. (CD1)
Package:
None
Companion:
HB1675
Introducer(s):
KOKUBUN, TOKUDA, Fukunaga, Baker, Taniguchi, Bunda, English, Tsutsui, Sakamoto
Current Referral:
EDB, EEP, FIN
| Date | Status Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 1/24/2007 | S | Introduced. |
| 1/26/2007 | S | Passed First Reading. |
| 1/30/2007 | S | Referred to ENE. |
| 2/16/2007 | S | The committee(s) on ENE has scheduled a public hearing on 02-22-07 at 2:45 pm in conference room 414. |
| 2/21/2007 | S | The committee(s) on ENE has rescheduled its public hearing to 02-27-07 at 3:00 pm in conference room 414. |
| 2/21/2007 | S | Re-Referred to ENE/EDT. |
| 2/21/2007 | S | The committee(s) on ENE/EDT has scheduled a public hearing on 02-27-07 at 3:00 pm in conference room 414. |
| 2/27/2007 | S | The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDT were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Fukunaga, Espero, English, Slom; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Ige. |
| 2/27/2007 | S | The committee(s) on ENE recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in ENE were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Menor, Hooser, Ihara, Kokubun; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Trimble; and 0 Excused: none. |
| 3/2/2007 | S | Reported from ENE/EDT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 760) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading. |
| 3/2/2007 | S | Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1). |
| 3/2/2007 | S | 48 Hrs. Notice 03-06-07. |
| 3/6/2007 | S | Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Trimble). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Hee). Transmitted to House. |
| 3/6/2007 | H | Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 376) in amended form (SD 1). |
| 3/8/2007 | H | Pass First Reading |
| 3/9/2007 | H | Referred to EDB, FIN, referral sheet 32 |
| 8/27/2007 3:04:29 PM | D | Carried over to 2008 Regular Session. |
| 3/11/2008 | H | Proposed draft of Bill scheduled to be heard by EDB on Thursday, 03-13-08 at 10:30 am in House conference room 325. Copy of proposed draft available at www.capitol.hawaii.gov. |
| 3/13/2008 | H | The committees on EDB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 12 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Wakai, Brower, Chang, Hanohano, Herkes, Manahan, Tsuji, Yamane; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Berg, Ching, Marumoto; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| 3/18/2008 | H | Reported from EDB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1211-08) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN. |
| 3/19/2008 | H | Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no (0) and Nakasone excused (1). |
| 3/25/2008 | H | Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 03-28-08 at 2:00 pm in House conference room 308. |
| 3/28/2008 | H | The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) M. Oshiro, Lee, Awana, Belatti, Brower, Hanohano, Har, Karamatsu, Manahan, Mizuno, Rhoads, Sagum, Tokioka, Ward; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Meyer; 0 Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Carroll, Magaoay, Nakasone, Pine. |
| 4/2/2008 | H | Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1623-08), recommending passage on Third Reading. |
| 4/3/2008 | H | Passed Third Reading with none voting no (0) and Belatti, Finnegan, Morita, Nakasone, Sonson, Thielen excused (6). Transmitted to Senate. |
| 4/4/2008 | S | Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 464). |
| 4/4/2008 | S | Deferred until 04-08-08. |
| 4/8/2008 | S | Senate disagrees with House amendments. |
| 4/14/2008 | S | Senate Conferees appointed: Menor, Chair; Fukunaga, Co-Chair(s); Slom. |
| 4/14/2008 | H | House conferees appointed: Yamashita, Morita, Lee Co-Chairs; Wakai, Ching. |
| 4/14/2008 | S | Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 728). |
| 4/14/2008 | H | Re-referred to EDB, EEP, FIN, referral sheet 79. |
| 4/14/2008 | H | Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 662). |
| 4/18/2008 | S | Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-21-08 at 2:30 pm in conference room 225. |
| 4/21/2008 | S | Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-23-08 at 2:30 pm in conference room 225. |
| 4/23/2008 | S | Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-08 at 2:30 pm in conference room 225. |
| 4/24/2008 | S | Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-08 at 5:30 pm in conference room 225. |
| 4/24/2008 | S | The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Menor, Fukunaga, Slom; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| 4/24/2008 | H | The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Morita, Lee, Wakai; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ching. |
| 4/25/2008 | S | Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 50-08). |
| 4/25/2008 | H | Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 50-08) as amended in (CD 1). |
| 4/25/2008 | H | Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday 04/29/08. |
| 4/25/2008 | S | 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-29-08. |
| 4/29/2008 | S | Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). 23 Aye(s); Aye(s) with reservations: none . 2 No(es): Senator(s) Slom, Trimble. 0 Excused: none. |
| 4/29/2008 | H | Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Finnegan, Marumoto, Meyer, Thielen voting no (4) and Representative(s) Nakasone excused (1). |
| 4/30/2008 | H | Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 729). |
| 5/1/2008 | S | Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 824). |
| 5/5/2008 | S | Enrolled to Governor. |
| 6/23/2008 | S | Notice of Intent to veto dated 06-23-08 (Gov. Msg. No. 843) |
| 6/23/2008 | H | Notice of intent to veto (Gov. Msg. No. 513) |
| 7/8/2008 | H | Vetoed (Gov. Msg. No. 557). |
| 7/8/2008 | S | Vetoed on 07-08-08 - Returned from the Governor without approval (Gov. Msg. No. 871). |
| 7/8/2008 | S | Veto overridden - 2/3's vote: Ayes, 19; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 3 (Hemmings, Slom, Trimble). Excused, 3 (Bunda, Inouye, Whalen). |
| 7/10/2008 | H | Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 749) motion to override veto that was approved and carried by a 2/3 vote by the members of the Senate. |