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type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO TIER II FILING FEES FOR REPORTING OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES."
description: "Changes the Hawaii Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act, Tier II filing fee from $100 to $200, to provide needed preparedness resources to Local Emergency Planning Committees. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 976"
citation: "Hawaii SB 976 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hawaii Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act", "Tier II Fee Increase"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party)"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 50
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2017-01-25"
last_action: "2017-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/553a17f1-5343-4761-a7cb-27280d87edd9"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=976&year=2017"
source_hash: "72d0f843312d673fefaccb5a096d707c2a4f5a8c1758f842a82dcf7a189b8f78"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-hi"]
---
# Hawaii SB 976 (2017 Regular Session) — RELATING TO TIER II FILING FEES FOR REPORTING OF HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES.
Changes the Hawaii Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act, Tier II filing fee from $100 to $200, to provide needed preparedness resources to Local Emergency Planning Committees. (CD1)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **SB976** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/SB976_.HTM)
2. **SB976_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/SB976_CD1_.HTM)
## Votes
- The committees on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **50** (pass) · legislature
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **40** (pass) · legislature
- The committees on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **60** (pass) · legislature
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **20** (pass) · legislature
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **80** (pass) · legislature
- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **150** (pass) · legislature
- The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **50** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). — **250** (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 AEN, WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-26** The committee(s) on AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 02-01-17 1:15PM in conference room 224.
- **2017-02-01** The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in AEN were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Riviere, Nishihara, K. Rhoads, Ruderman; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-03** Reported from AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 43) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.
- **2017-02-03** 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 1:30PM in conference room 211.
- **2017-02-24** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 8 Aye(s): Senator(s) Tokuda, Galuteria, Harimoto, Inouye, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) Dela Cruz, English, K. Kahele. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-03** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 835) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-03** One Day Notice 03-07-17.
- **2017-03-07** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. 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. 316). `introduction`
- **2017-03-09** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-09** Referred to HLT, PBS, FIN, referral sheet 27 `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-10** Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Tuesday, 03-14-17 8:30AM in House conference room 329.
- **2017-03-14** The committees on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Kobayashi, Morikawa, Todd, Tupola; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Har, Oshiro. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-16** Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1097), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to PBS.
- **2017-03-16** Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on PBS with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ichiyama, McKelvey, Morikawa, Nakamura, Tokioka excused (5). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-17** Bill scheduled to be heard by PBS on Thursday, 03-23-17 10:00AM in House conference room 312.
- **2017-03-23** The committees on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, LoPresti, Creagan, DeCoite, Gates, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ing. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-24** Reported from PBS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1289) as amended in HD 1, recommending referral to FIN.
- **2017-03-24** Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Aquino, DeCoite, Har, Ichiyama, C. Lee, Thielen excused (6).
- **2017-03-28** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 03-30-17 3:00PM 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, UNAMENDED. 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; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Quinlan, Tupola. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1673), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-06** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Oshiro, Saiki, Say excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2017-04-07** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 498). `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: Belatti, Takayama, Kobayashi Co-Chairs; Tupola.
- **2017-04-17** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 587).
- **2017-04-18** Senate Conferees Appointed: Gabbard Chair; Galuteria Co-Chair; Riviere.
- **2017-04-18** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 681).
- **2017-04-21** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-26-17 9:00AM in conference room 224.
- **2017-04-26** 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) Gabbard, Galuteria; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Riviere. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-26** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Takayama, Kobayashi, Tupola; 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. 30).
- **2017-04-27** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-02-17.
- **2017-04-27** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 30) 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 162, 07/11/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1276). `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-12** Act 162, on 07/11/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1276). `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/553a17f1-5343-4761-a7cb-27280d87edd9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).