RELATING TO DARK NIGHT SKIES PROTECTION.
Summary
Establishes a Dark Night Skies Protection Advisory Committee to assist the University of Hawaii in developing a statewide dark night skies protection strategy. (HB427 CD1)
Bill status
signed
all 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Apr 2017
Senate Passage
Mar 2017
Signed into Law
Jul 2017
Introduced Jan 20, 2017
Signed Jul 12, 2017
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
50
Key actions
18
Committee
20
Amendments
3
Jul 12, 2017
Signed into law
Act 185, on 07/11/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1299).
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Jul 12, 2017
Signed into law
Act 185, 07/11/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1299).
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Apr 28, 2017
Introduced
48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-02-17.
legislature
Apr 28, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 142).
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Apr 28, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 142) as amended in (CD 1).
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Apr 27, 2017
Legislature · Passed
The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Kahele, Gabbard, Dela Cruz, Kidani; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
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Apr 27, 2017
Legislature · Passed
The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, McKelvey, Lowen, Fukumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Woodson, Tupola.
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Apr 26, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-27-17 4:00PM in conference room 225.
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Apr 26, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday, 04-26-17 at 4:00PM in Conference Room 225.
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Apr 25, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Wednesday, 04-26-17 10:50AM in conference room 225.
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Apr 17, 2017
Committee
Re-referred to EEP, HED, FIN, referral sheet 45
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Apr 11, 2017
Introduced
House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
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Apr 7, 2017
Introduced
Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 519) in amended form (SD 1).
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Apr 7, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 3 (Senator(s) English, Espero, Wakai). Transmitted to House.
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Mar 29, 2017
Legislature · Passed
The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 6 Aye(s): Senator(s) Tokuda, Dela Cruz, Galuteria, K. Kahele, Riviere, Shimabukuro; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 5 Excused: Senator(s) English, Harimoto, Inouye, Taniguchi, Wakai.
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Mar 24, 2017
Legislature · Passed
The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-29-17 1:40PM in conference room 211.
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Mar 24, 2017
Committee
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
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Mar 24, 2017
Committee
Reported from HRE/AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1120) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
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Mar 20, 2017
Legislature · Passed
The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in AEN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Riviere, K. Rhoads, Ruderman; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Nishihara.
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Mar 20, 2017
Legislature · Passed
The committee(s) on HRE recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HRE were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Kahele, Kidani, Espero; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Keith-Agaran, Taniguchi.
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Mar 14, 2017
Legislature · Passed
The committee(s) on HRE/AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-20-17 1:45PM in conference room 224.
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Mar 9, 2017
Committee
Referred to HRE/AEN, WAM.
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Mar 3, 2017
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 15).
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Mar 2, 2017
Legislature · Passed
Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ichiyama excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.
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Feb 16, 2017
Legislature · Passed
The committees on HED recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, Hashem, Creagan, Har, Ing, Onishi, Takumi, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ohno.
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Feb 3, 2017
Committee
Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 22) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to HED.
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Jan 31, 2017
Legislature · Passed
The committees on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, Lowen, Cullen, Evans, Ichiyama, Kong, Say, Yamane; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Fukumoto.
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Jan 23, 2017
Committee
Referred to EEP, HED, referral sheet 2
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Jan 20, 2017
Introduced
Pending introduction.
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0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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