republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2023-regular-session/hb-306.md

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Bill	RELATING TO ORNAMENTAL GINGER.	Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii for statewide research into ornamental ginger pathogens, prevention of the spread of ornamental ginger pathogens, production and distribution of pathogen-free ornamental ginger plants, and outreach to ornamental ginger producers. (CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2023 Regular Session	HB 306	Hawaii HB 306 (2023 Regular Session)	bill	Appropriation Expenditure Ceiling ($) Ornamental Ginger Pathogens Research and Prevention UH	enacted	GATES KILA KITAGAWA LAMOSAO MARTEN NAKASHIMA NISHIMOTO ONISHI TODD	5	51	7	2023-01-19	2023-07-07	openstates	ocd-bill/79571fc4-cf97-4ca3-93a5-5a56f2319ecd	https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=306&year=2023	f4cd7ff0ba6cf6db55b0f85dc3184308311b0ede46208f0a26e9c0cc065fe3b5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 306 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO ORNAMENTAL GINGER.

Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii for statewide research into ornamental ginger pathogens, prevention of the spread of ornamental ginger pathogens, production and distribution of pathogen-free ornamental ginger plants, and outreach to ornamental ginger producers. (CD1)

Version chain

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

1. HB306 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB306_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB306_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB306_HD2 (committee substitute) — source
5. HB306_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on HRE recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 3–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• GATES — primary (person)
• KILA — primary (person)
• KITAGAWA — primary (person)
• LAMOSAO — primary (person)
• MARTEN — primary (person)
• NAKASHIMA — primary (person)
• NISHIMOTO — primary (person)
• ONISHI — primary (person)
• TODD — primary (person)
• Cochran — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-07-07 Act 258, 07/07/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1361). became-law
• 2023-07-07 Act 258, on 07/07/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1361). became-law
• 2023-05-04 Transmitted to Governor.
• 2023-05-04 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 996). receipt
• 2023-05-04 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 901). receipt
• 2023-05-04 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Lowen, Martinez excused (2). passage
• 2023-05-04 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1) Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 0 (none). passage
• 2023-05-02 Deferred One Day 05-04-23. deferral
• 2023-05-02 Deferred one day 05-04-23. deferral
• 2023-04-28 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-02-23.
• 2023-04-28 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 116).
• 2023-04-28 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday 05-02-23.
• 2023-04-28 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 116) as amended in (CD 1).
• 2023-04-28 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) Gabbard, Aquino, Richards; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Kim. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-28 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Gates, Lamosao, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
• 2023-04-27 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-23 2:30PM; Conference Room 016.
• 2023-04-26 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-27-23 11:00AM; Conference Room 325.
• 2023-04-25 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-23 9:00AM; Conference Room 325.
• 2023-04-24 Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Tuesday, 04-25-23 11:10AM in conference room 325.
• 2023-04-24 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 839). receipt
• 2023-04-21 House Conferees Appointed: Gates, Lamosao Co-Chairs; Alcos.
• 2023-04-18 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 903). receipt
• 2023-04-18 Senate Conferees Appointed: Gabbard Chair; Kim, Aquino Co-Chairs; Richards.
• 2023-04-11 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 666). receipt
• 2023-04-06 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). amendment-failure
• 2023-04-05 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 659) in amended form (SD 1).
• 2023-04-05 Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2023-04-03 48 Hrs. Notice 04-05-23.
• 2023-04-03 Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1504) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).
• 2023-03-30 The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, Aquino, DeCoite, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, Moriwaki, Shimabukuro, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-28 The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-30-23 10:05AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
• 2023-03-23 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-03-23 Reported from AEN/HRE (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1327) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.
• 2023-03-20 The committee(s) on HRE recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in HRE were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kim, Kidani, Fukunaga, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Keith-Agaran. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-20 The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in AEN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Richards, DeCoite, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-16 The committee(s) on AEN/HRE has scheduled a public hearing on 03-20-23 1:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
• 2023-03-10 Referred to AEN/HRE, WAM. referral-committee
• 2023-03-09 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2023-03-09 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 273). introduction, receipt
• 2023-03-07 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2023-03-03 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-07-23.
• 2023-03-03 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1112) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2023-02-23 The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Cochran, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kila, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Nishimoto, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Alcos, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-21 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 02-23-23 11:30AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2023-02-16 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) Todd excused (1). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-02-16 Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 517) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
• 2023-02-08 The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Gates, Kahaloa, Cochran, Lowen, Perruso, Woodson, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-06 Bill scheduled to be heard by AGR on Wednesday, 02-08-23 9:45AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2023-01-25 Referred to AGR, FIN, referral sheet 1 referral-committee
• 2023-01-20 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
• 2023-01-19 Pending introduction.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/79571fc4-cf97-4ca3-93a5-5a56f2319ecd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).