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Bill RELATING TO DARK NIGHT SKIES PROTECTION. Establishes a Dark Night Skies Protection Advisory Committee to assist the University of Hawaii in developing a statewide dark night skies protection strategy. (HB427 CD1) us/states/hi Hawaii Legislature 2017 Regular Session HB 427 Hawaii HB 427 (2017 Regular Session)
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Hawaii HB 427 (2017 Regular Session) — RELATING TO DARK NIGHT SKIES PROTECTION.

Establishes a Dark Night Skies Protection Advisory Committee to assist the University of Hawaii in developing a statewide dark night skies protection strategy. (HB427 CD1)

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. HB427 (committee substitute) — source
  2. HB427_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. HB427_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. HB427_HD2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • The committees on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 80 (pass) · legislature
  • The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 60 (pass) · legislature
  • The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 40 (pass) · legislature
  • The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 40 (pass) · legislature
  • Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). — 250 (pass) · legislature
  • The committees on HED recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 80 (pass) · legislature
  • The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 40 (pass) · legislature
  • The committee(s) on HRE recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 30 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

  • CREAGAN — primary (person)
  • EVANS — primary (person)
  • HAR — primary (person)
  • HASHEM — primary (person)
  • ING — primary (person)
  • MATSUMOTO — primary (person)
  • OHNO — primary (person)
  • SAIKI — primary (person)
  • SOUKI — primary (person)
  • TODD — primary (person)
  • WOODSON — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2017-01-20 Pending introduction.
  • 2017-01-23 Pass First Reading reading-1
  • 2017-01-23 Referred to EEP, HED, referral sheet 2 referral-committee
  • 2017-01-27 Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Tuesday, 01-31-17 8:30AM in House conference room 325.
  • 2017-01-30 Broadcast of hearing/briefing available. See: www.capitoltv.org
  • 2017-01-31 The committees on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, Lowen, Cullen, Evans, Ichiyama, Kong, Say, Yamane; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Fukumoto. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-02-03 Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 22) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to HED.
  • 2017-02-03 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on HED with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2017-02-13 Bill scheduled to be heard by HED on Thursday, 02-16-17 2:04PM in House conference room 309.
  • 2017-02-16 The committees on HED recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, Hashem, Creagan, Har, Ing, Onishi, Takumi, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ohno. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-02-22 Reported from HED (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 723) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
  • 2017-02-22 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Thursday, 03-02-17.
  • 2017-03-02 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ichiyama excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. passage
  • 2017-03-03 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 15). introduction
  • 2017-03-03 Passed First Reading. reading-1
  • 2017-03-09 Referred to HRE/AEN, WAM. referral-committee
  • 2017-03-14 The committee(s) on HRE/AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-20-17 1:45PM in conference room 224.
  • 2017-03-20 The committee(s) on HRE recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HRE were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Kahele, Kidani, Espero; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Keith-Agaran, Taniguchi. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-03-20 The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in AEN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Riviere, K. Rhoads, Ruderman; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Nishihara. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-03-24 Reported from HRE/AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1120) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
  • 2017-03-24 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
  • 2017-03-24 The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-29-17 1:40PM in conference room 211.
  • 2017-03-29 The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 6 Aye(s): Senator(s) Tokuda, Dela Cruz, Galuteria, K. Kahele, Riviere, Shimabukuro; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 5 Excused: Senator(s) English, Harimoto, Inouye, Taniguchi, Wakai. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-04-06 Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1481) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
  • 2017-04-06 One Day Notice 04-07-17.
  • 2017-04-07 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 3 (Senator(s) English, Espero, Wakai). Transmitted to House. passage
  • 2017-04-07 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 519) in amended form (SD 1).
  • 2017-04-11 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
  • 2017-04-13 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 584).
  • 2017-04-17 Re-referred to EEP, HED, FIN, referral sheet 45 referral-committee
  • 2017-04-17 House Conferees Appointed: C. Lee, McKelvey, Lowen Co-Chairs; Fukumoto, Woodson, Tupola.
  • 2017-04-17 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 586).
  • 2017-04-18 Senate Conferees Appointed: K. Kahele Chair; Gabbard, Dela Cruz Co-Chairs; Kidani.
  • 2017-04-18 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 680).
  • 2017-04-25 Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Wednesday, 04-26-17 10:50AM in conference room 225.
  • 2017-04-26 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday, 04-26-17 at 4:00PM in Conference Room 225.
  • 2017-04-26 Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-27-17 4:00PM in conference room 225.
  • 2017-04-27 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, McKelvey, Lowen, Fukumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Woodson, Tupola.
  • 2017-04-27 The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Kahele, Gabbard, Dela Cruz, Kidani; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-04-28 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 142) as amended in (CD 1).
  • 2017-04-28 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 05-02-17.
  • 2017-04-28 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 142).
  • 2017-04-28 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-02-17.
  • 2017-05-02 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). 25 Aye(s); Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
  • 2017-05-02 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ichiyama excused (1).
  • 2017-05-03 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 737).
  • 2017-05-04 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 642).
  • 2017-05-03 Transmitted to Governor.
  • 2017-07-12 Act 185, 07/11/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1299). executive-signature
  • 2017-07-12 Act 185, on 07/11/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1299). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4c4f3a54-ad57-4f8b-b3a3-908379f12a21. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).