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Bill RELATING TO MEDIA ACCESS. Allows the news media, under certain conditions, to access areas that are closed pursuant to emergency management powers of the Governor and Mayor. Limits the liability of the Senate and counties. Specifies that the State, counties, and designated emergency management authority are not responsible for providing logistical support to media accessing emergency areas. (CD1) us/states/hi Hawaii Legislature 2017 Regular Session SB 655 Hawaii SB 655 (2017 Regular Session)
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Hawaii SB 655 (2017 Regular Session) — RELATING TO MEDIA ACCESS.

Allows the news media, under certain conditions, to access areas that are closed pursuant to emergency management powers of the Governor and Mayor. Limits the liability of the Senate and counties. Specifies that the State, counties, and designated emergency management authority are not responsible for providing logistical support to media accessing emergency areas. (CD1)

Version chain

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

  1. SB655 (committee substitute) — source
  2. SB655_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. SB655_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. SB655_HD2 (committee substitute) — source
  5. SB655_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • The committees on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 70 (pass) · legislature
  • Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). — 250 (pass) · legislature
  • The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 40 (pass) · legislature
  • The committee(s) on JDL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 30 (pass) · legislature
  • The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 40 (pass) · legislature
  • The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 20 (pass) · legislature
  • The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 90 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

  • Green — primary (person)
  • INOUYE — primary (person)
  • RUDERMAN — primary (person)
  • S. Chang — primary (person)
  • TOKUDA — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-01-20 Introduced. introduction
  • 2017-01-23 Passed First Reading. reading-1
  • 2017-01-23 Referred to PSM, JDL. referral-committee
  • 2017-02-10 The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 02-14-17 2:00PM in conference room 229.
  • 2017-02-14 The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in PSM were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Nishihara, Wakai, Ihara, L. Thielen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Baker. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-02-17 Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 444) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDL.
  • 2017-02-17 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL.
  • 2017-02-23 The committee(s) on JDL will hold a public decision making on 03-01-17 9:15AM in conference room 016.
  • 2017-03-01 The committee(s) on JDL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDL were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keith-Agaran, Kim, L. Thielen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) K. Rhoads, Gabbard. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-03-03 Reported from JDL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 860) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
  • 2017-03-03 48 Hrs. Notice 03-07-17.
  • 2017-03-07 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. passage
  • 2017-03-07 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 222) in amended form (SD 2). introduction
  • 2017-03-09 Pass First Reading reading-1
  • 2017-03-09 Referred to PBS, JUD, referral sheet 27 referral-committee
  • 2017-03-14 Bill scheduled to be heard by PBS on Thursday, 03-16-17 10:00AM in House conference room 312.
  • 2017-03-15 Broadcast of hearing/briefing available. See: www.capitoltv.org
  • 2017-03-16 The committees on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, LoPresti, Creagan, DeCoite, Gates, Ing, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-03-22 Reported from PBS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1199) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JUD.
  • 2017-03-22 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ichiyama, C. Lee, Lowen excused (3). reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2017-03-24 Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Wednesday, 03-29-17 2:00PM in House conference room 325.
  • 2017-03-29 The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Nishimoto, San Buenaventura, Belatti, Brower, Johanson, C. Lee, Morikawa, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Oshiro; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Nakashima, McDermott. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-04-04 Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1564) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
  • 2017-04-04 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Thursday, 04-06-17.
  • 2017-04-06 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Oshiro, Saiki, Ward excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. passage
  • 2017-04-07 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 468). introduction
  • 2017-04-07 Senate disagrees with House amendments.
  • 2017-04-07 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 540).
  • 2017-04-17 House Conferees Appointed: Takayama, San Buenaventura Co-Chairs; LoPresti, Thielen.
  • 2017-04-17 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 587).
  • 2017-04-25 Senate Conferees Appointed: Nishihara Chair; Keith-Agaran Co-Chair; Wakai.
  • 2017-04-25 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 710).
  • 2017-04-26 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-27-17 2:00PM in conference room 312.
  • 2017-04-27 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-27-17 4:35PM in conference room 312.
  • 2017-04-27 The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Nishihara, Keith-Agaran; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Wakai. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-04-27 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, San Buenaventura, LoPresti, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
  • 2017-04-27 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 79).
  • 2017-04-27 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-02-17.
  • 2017-04-27 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 79) as amended in (CD 1).
  • 2017-04-27 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 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 none excused (0).
  • 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).
  • 2017-05-04 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
  • 2017-07-12 Act 168, 07/11/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1282). executive-signature
  • 2017-07-12 Act 168, on 07/11/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1282). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5f48e28e-31e3-4db2-8130-552d024e961b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).