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HB 2502 Hawaii House · 2020 Regular Session

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Summary
Authorizes the Director of Health, upon consultation with and authorization from the Governor, to screen, test, and monitor travelers. Provides for penalties for noncompliance. Amends and adds definitions and procedural and administrative provisions in chapter 325, Hawaii Revised Statutes. Allocates funds appropriated to the Governor by Senate Bill No. 126, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, C.D. 1, to be used for health assurance and grants for hotels to conduct COVID-19 testing for employees. Establishes a travelers screening special fund. Allocates funds from the transient accommodations tax to the travelers screening special fund for a portion of fiscal year 2020-2021. Sunsets certain provisions on 6/30/2022.
Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Jul 2020
House Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Jul 2020
Governor
Introduced Jan 22, 2020 Last action Jul 8, 2020
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
32
Key actions
10
Committee
15
Amendments
2
Jul 8, 2020
Introduced
House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
lower
Jul 6, 2020
Introduced
Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 603) in amended form (SD 2).
lower
Jul 6, 2020
Upper · Passed
Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 20; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Ihara, Kim . Noes, 4 (Senator(s) Fevella, Gabbard, K. Kahele, Ruderman). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
upper
Jul 2, 2020
Upper · Passed
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) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, English, Inouye, Kidani, Moriwaki, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Kanuha, Riviere, Fevella ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) K. Kahele; and 0 Excused: none.
upper
Jun 29, 2020
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 07-02-20 10:10AM in conference room Auditorium.
upper
Jun 26, 2020
Committee
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
upper
Jun 26, 2020
Committee
Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3688) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
upper
Jun 25, 2020
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPH were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Nishihara, L. Thielen; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Ruderman ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) S. Chang, Wakai, Fevella.
upper
Jun 23, 2020
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 06-25-20 9:30AM in conference room 229.
upper
Mar 3, 2020
Committee
Referred to CPH, WAM.
upper
Mar 3, 2020
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 242).
upper
Feb 28, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Okimoto voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cabanilla Arakawa, DeCoite, Holt, Thielen excused (4). Transmitted to Senate.
lower
Feb 21, 2020
Lower · Passed
The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Todd, Yamashita; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Wildberger, McDermott.
lower
Feb 13, 2020
Committee
Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Eli, Har excused (2).
lower
Feb 13, 2020
Committee
Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 412-20), recommending referral to FIN.
lower
Feb 10, 2020
Lower · Passed
The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Ichiyama, Aquino, Belatti, Cabanilla Arakawa, Cachola, Har, Kong, Mizuno, Onishi, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
lower
Feb 6, 2020
Lower · Passed
The committee(s) on CPC recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.
lower
Feb 4, 2020
Committee
Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 51-20) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
lower
Jan 30, 2020
Lower · Passed
The committees on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Mizuno, B. Kobayashi, Nakamura, Tokioka, Ward; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) San Buenaventura, Say; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti.
lower
Jan 27, 2020
Committee
Referred to HLT, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 5
lower
Jan 23, 2020
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
Jan 22, 2020
Introduced
Pending introduction.
lower
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