RELATING TO BIOSECURITY.
Summary
Increases the amount of barrel tax deposited into the agricultural development and food security special fund. (SB485 HD1)
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Mar 2019
Senate Passage
Mar 2019
House Passage
Apr 2019
Governor
Introduced Jan 18, 2019
Last action Jun 22, 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
33
Key actions
8
Committee
12
Amendments
1
Apr 5, 2019
Introduced
Senate disagrees with House amendments.
upper
Apr 4, 2019
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 544).
upper
Apr 3, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) DeCoite, Har, Okimoto, Tokioka, Ward voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.
lower
Mar 27, 2019
Lower · Passed
The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Todd, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Holt.
lower
Mar 20, 2019
Committee
Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1457) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
lower
Mar 14, 2019
Lower · Passed
The committees on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Wildberger, Har, Tarnas, Todd, Yamane, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
lower
Mar 11, 2019
Committee
Re-referred to EEP, FIN, referral sheet 29
lower
Mar 7, 2019
Committee
Referred to AGR, FIN, referral sheet 27
lower
Mar 5, 2019
Introduced
Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 150) in amended form (SD 1).
lower
Mar 5, 2019
Upper · Passed
Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Harimoto). Transmitted to House.
upper
Feb 12, 2019
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, Harimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Riviere, Taniguchi, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) K. Kahele, Shimabukuro.
upper
Feb 8, 2019
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-12-19 10:00AM in conference room 211.
upper
Feb 4, 2019
Committee
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
upper
Feb 4, 2019
Committee
Reported from AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 15) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.
upper
Jan 30, 2019
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in AEN were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Ruderman, K. Rhoads, L. Thielen, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
upper
Jan 25, 2019
Upper · Passed
The committee(s) on AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 01-30-19 1:15PM in conference room 224.
upper
Jan 24, 2019
Committee
Referred to AEN, WAM.
upper
Jan 18, 2019
Introduced
Introduced.
upper
6 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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