HB 243 Hawaii House · 2021 Regular Session

RELATING TO SEA LEVEL RISE ADAPTATION.

Summary

Requires the Office of Planning, in cooperation with each state agency having operational responsibilities over state facilities, to: identify existing and planned facilities that are vulnerable to sea level rise, flooding impacts, and natural hazards; assess a range of options to mitigate the impacts of sea level rise to those facilities; and submit annual reports to the Governor, Legislature, and Hawaii climate change mitigation and adaptation commission regarding the vulnerability and adaptation assessments for state facilities and the progress made in implementing sea level rise adaptation in future plans, programs, and capital improvement needs and decisions. Amends the Hawaii State Planning Act to include sustainable development, climate change adaptation, and sea level rise adaptation as objectives for facility systems. (CD1)

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2021

Committee Review

Apr 2021

House Passage

Apr 2021

Senate Passage

Apr 2021

Governor

Introduced Jan 21, 2021 Last action Jul 7, 2021

Floor votes

How they voted

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

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Committee

Amendments

Apr 22, 2021

Introduced

48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-27-21.

upper

Apr 22, 2021

Upper · Passed

Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 11).

upper

Apr 22, 2021

Lower · Passed

Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 11) as amended in (CD 1).

lower

Apr 19, 2021

Upper · Passed

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) Inouye, Gabbard, Moriwaki; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Apr 19, 2021

Lower · Passed

The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Lowen, Branco; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) McDermott.

lower

Apr 18, 2021

Upper · Passed

Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-19-21 4:00PM; CR 016.

upper

Apr 15, 2021

Introduced

House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

lower

Apr 13, 2021

Introduced

Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 659) in amended form (SD 2).

lower

Apr 13, 2021

Upper · Passed

Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

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Apr 7, 2021

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, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

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Apr 5, 2021

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WAM deferred the measure until 04-07-21 10:35AM; CR 211 & Videoconference.

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Apr 1, 2021

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WAM deferred the measure until 04-05-21 10:35AM; CR 211 & Videoconference.

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Mar 25, 2021

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-01-21 9:30AM; CR 211 & Videoconference.

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Mar 25, 2021

Committee

Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.

upper

Mar 25, 2021

Committee

Reported from WTL/AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1150) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Mar 17, 2021

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in AEN were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Nishihara, Acasio, Rhoads, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Mar 17, 2021

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WTL were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Misalucha, Riviere, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Keith-Agaran.

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Mar 12, 2021

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WTL/AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-17-21 1:05PM; CR 229 & Videoconference.

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Mar 9, 2021

Committee

Referred to WTL/AEN, WAM.

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Mar 5, 2021

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 37).

upper

Mar 4, 2021

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Takumi excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Feb 25, 2021

Lower · Passed

The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Branco, Eli, Holt, Ilagan, B. Kobayashi, Marten, Nishimoto, Perruso, Sayama, Tam, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Feb 18, 2021

Committee

Reported from WAL/EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 426) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 16, 2021

Lower · Passed

The committees on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Marten, Matayoshi, Perruso, Todd, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Hashem, Tokioka.

lower

Feb 16, 2021

Lower · Passed

The committees on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Branco, Ganaden, B. Kobayashi, Kong, Morikawa, Ohno; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) McDermott.

lower

Jan 27, 2021

Committee

Referred to WAL/EEP, FIN, referral sheet 1

lower

Jan 22, 2021

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 21, 2021

Introduced

Pending introduction.