RELATING TO CARBON SEQUESTRATION INCENTIVES.
Summary
Establishes the Hawaii farmland and forest soil health carbon smart incentive program to incentivize carbon sequestration activities through incentives contracts that provide for compensation for eligible practices by program participants. Appropriates funds for positions and administering the program. Effective 7/1/2100. (HD2)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
House Passage
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 26, 2022
Last action Mar 11, 2022
Floor votes · House Mar 4, 2022
How they voted
48–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 50
Mar 4, 2022
D
Democratic45
97% Yea
R
Republican4
75% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
4
Committee
8
Mar 11, 2022
Committee
Referred to AEN/EET, WAM.
upper
Mar 8, 2022
Introduced
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 221).
upper
Mar 4, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Matayoshi, McDermott excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.
lower
Mar 1, 2022
Lower · Passed
The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 12 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Yamashita, Branco, Ilagan, B. Kobayashi, Marten, Nishimoto, Perruso, Sayama, Tam, Wildberger, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Eli, Holt, Todd.
lower
Feb 18, 2022
Committee
Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Eli, Kapela excused (2).
lower
Feb 18, 2022
Committee
Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 611-22) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
lower
Feb 15, 2022
Lower · Passed
The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Kitagawa, Har, Morikawa, Onishi, Tarnas, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Kong; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Aquino, Hashem, Mizuno.
lower
Feb 10, 2022
Committee
Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 176-22) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
lower
Feb 8, 2022
Lower · Passed
The committees on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Marten, Hashem, Matayoshi, Perruso, Todd, Tokioka, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
lower
Jan 28, 2022
Committee
Referred to EEP, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 3
lower
Jan 26, 2022
Introduced
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
lower
9 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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