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Bill RELATING TO THE SMALL BUSINESS REGULATORY FLEXIBILITY ACT. Adopts a more explicit definition of "small business"; clarifies the powers of the Small Business Regulatory Review Board; increases the number of board members, with two nominated by the Board; clarifies when agencies are required to report to the Board and when the Board is required to report to the Legislature. (CD1) us/states/hi Hawaii Legislature 2017 Regular Session SB 908 Hawaii SB 908 (2017 Regular Session)
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Hawaii SB 908 (2017 Regular Session) — RELATING TO THE SMALL BUSINESS REGULATORY FLEXIBILITY ACT.

Adopts a more explicit definition of "small business"; clarifies the powers of the Small Business Regulatory Review Board; increases the number of board members, with two nominated by the Board; clarifies when agencies are required to report to the Board and when the Board is required to report to the Legislature. (CD1)

Version chain

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

  1. SB908 (committee substitute) — source
  2. SB908_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. SB908_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. SB908_HD2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 150 (pass) · legislature
  • The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 100 (pass) · legislature
  • The committee(s) on ETT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 30 (pass) · legislature
  • Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). — 250 (pass) · legislature
  • The committees on EDB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 60 (pass) · legislature
  • The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 30 (pass) · legislature
  • The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 30 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

  • KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-01-25 Introduced. introduction
  • 2017-01-25 Passed First Reading. reading-1
  • 2017-01-25 Referred to ETT, WAM. referral-committee
  • 2017-02-06 The committee(s) on ETT has scheduled a public hearing on 02-13-17 1:15PM in conference room 414.
  • 2017-02-13 The committee(s) on ETT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in ETT were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Taniguchi, Galuteria; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Baker, L. Thielen. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-02-17 Reported from ETT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 400) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.
  • 2017-02-17 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
  • 2017-02-22 The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-24-17 9:35AM in conference room 211.
  • 2017-02-24 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) Tokuda, English, Galuteria, Harimoto, Inouye, K. Kahele, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Dela Cruz. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-03-03 Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 729) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).
  • 2017-03-03 48 Hrs. Notice 03-07-17.
  • 2017-03-07 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). 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. 292) in amended form (SD 1). introduction
  • 2017-03-09 Pass First Reading reading-1
  • 2017-03-09 Referred to EDB, FIN, referral sheet 27 referral-committee
  • 2017-03-13 Bill scheduled to be heard by EDB on Friday, 03-17-17 10:00AM in House conference room 309.
  • 2017-03-17 The committee(s) on EDB recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.
  • 2017-03-17 Bill scheduled for decision making on Wednesday, 03-22-17 11:00AM in conference room 309.
  • 2017-03-22 The committees on EDB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Nakashima, Keohokalole, Holt, Johanson, Yamashita, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-03-24 Reported from EDB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1292) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
  • 2017-03-24 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Aquino, DeCoite, Har, Ichiyama, C. Lee, Thielen excused (6). reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2017-03-28 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 03-30-17 2:00PM in House conference room 308.
  • 2017-03-30 The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 03-31-17.
  • 2017-03-30 Bill scheduled for decision making on Friday, 03-31-17 3:15PM in conference room 308.
  • 2017-03-31 The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Cachola, Choy, DeCoite, Gates, Holt, Keohokalole, Kobayashi, LoPresti, Lowen, Nakamura, Tokioka, Yamashita, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Quinlan, Tupola. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-04-07 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1738) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
  • 2017-04-07 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-11-17.
  • 2017-04-11 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. passage
  • 2017-04-13 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 570). introduction
  • 2017-04-13 Senate disagrees with House amendments.
  • 2017-04-13 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 677).
  • 2017-04-17 House Conferees Appointed: Nakashima, Keohokalole Co-Chairs; Ward.
  • 2017-04-17 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 587).
  • 2017-04-18 Senate Conferees Appointed: Wakai Chair; Galuteria, Taniguchi Co-Chairs.
  • 2017-04-18 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 681).
  • 2017-04-20 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-21-17 1:35PM in conference room 423.
  • 2017-04-21 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-17 1:35PM in conference room 423.
  • 2017-04-25 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) Wakai, Galuteria, Taniguchi; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-04-25 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Nakashima, Keohokalole, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
  • 2017-04-28 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 106).
  • 2017-04-28 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-02-17.
  • 2017-04-28 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 106) as amended in (CD 1).
  • 2017-04-28 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 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).
  • 2017-05-04 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
  • 2017-07-12 Act 174, 07/11/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1288). executive-signature
  • 2017-07-12 Act 174, on 07/11/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1288). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2e3add16-f3b8-45d9-870b-d4a38fd94d8d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).