SB 2644 Hawaii Senate · 2022 Regular Session

RELATING TO ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS.

Summary

Extends until 6/30/2027 Act 65, Session Laws of Hawaii 2013, as amended by Act 60, Session Laws of Hawaii 2018, which provides a limited exemption to the licensing requirements for certain individuals in situations when an electric utility must retain qualified individuals to work with high voltage (six hundred volts or higher) who are not licensed in the State but are otherwise deemed qualified by the electric utility, provided that the public utility certifies to the Board of Electricians and Plumbers that, after solicitation of a request for proposal, no electrician responded to the request who was sufficiently qualified and licensed in the State and was available and able to perform or timely complete the high voltage electrical work or task before the public utility recruited outside the State. (CD1)

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2022

Committee Review

Apr 2022

Senate Passage

May 2022

House Passage

May 2022

Governor

Introduced Jan 21, 2022 Last action Jun 17, 2022

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Apr 29, 2022

Lower · Passed

Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 179-22) as amended in (CD 1).

lower

Apr 29, 2022

Introduced

48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-03-22.

upper

Apr 29, 2022

Upper · Passed

Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 179-22).

upper

Apr 29, 2022

Lower · Passed

The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Onishi, Johanson, Sayama, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

lower

Apr 29, 2022

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) Baker, Taniguchi, Riviere; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.

upper

Apr 28, 2022

Upper · Passed

Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-29-22 2:15PM; Conference Room 224.

upper

Apr 27, 2022

Upper · Passed

Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-28-22 2:45PM; Conference Room 224.

upper

Apr 8, 2022

Introduced

Senate disagrees with House amendments.

upper

Apr 7, 2022

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 390).

upper

Apr 6, 2022

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Har, Kapela, Kong, LoPresti, Okimoto, Perruso, Tokioka voting no (7) and Representative(s) Costales, D. Kobayashi, Nakashima excused (3). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Mar 31, 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, Holt, Ilagan, B. Kobayashi, Marten, Nishimoto, Sayama, Tam, Todd, Wildberger; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Perruso; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Eli, McDermott.

lower

Mar 24, 2022

Committee

Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Har voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Kapela, McKelvey, Perruso voting no (3) and Representative(s) Ohno excused (1).

lower

Mar 24, 2022

Committee

Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1428-22) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.

lower

Mar 22, 2022

Lower · Passed

The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Kitagawa, Aquino, Morikawa, Onishi, Tarnas, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Har, Kong; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Hashem, Mizuno.

lower

Mar 17, 2022

Committee

Reported from LAT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1040-22) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.

lower

Mar 15, 2022

Lower · Passed

The committees on LAT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Onishi, Sayama, Belatti, Holt, D. Kobayashi, Takayama, Okimoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Quinlan.

lower

Mar 10, 2022

Committee

Referred to LAT, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 24

lower

Mar 8, 2022

Introduced

Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 281) in amended form (SD 2).

lower

Mar 8, 2022

Upper · Passed

Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Acasio. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Fevella). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

upper

Feb 18, 2022

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 10 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Misalucha, Moriwaki, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Fevella; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Feb 11, 2022

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-18-22 10:00AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

upper

Feb 9, 2022

Committee

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

upper

Feb 9, 2022

Committee

Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2134) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Feb 4, 2022

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 6 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Chang, DeCoite, Nishihara, Riviere, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.

upper

Jan 31, 2022

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on CPN has scheduled a public hearing on 02-04-22 9:30AM; Conference Room 229 & Via Videoconference.

upper

Jan 24, 2022

Committee

Referred to CPN, WAM.

upper

Jan 21, 2022

Introduced

Introduced.