Expands the Department of Land and Natural Resources' rulemaking authority to include any rule to impose restrictions or requirements deemed necessary to protect certain aquatic life. Expands the Board of Land and Natural Resources' authority to temporarily adopt, amend, or repeal certain natural resource rules by formal action at a publicly noticed meeting if the board finds that such adoption, amendment, or repeal is necessary to implement effective and adaptive management measures in light of newly available technology, or in light of newly available data. (SD1)
Hawaii HB 1554 (2024) — RELATING TO AQUATIC RESOURCES.
Expands the Department of Land and Natural Resources' rulemaking authority to include any rule to impose restrictions or requirements deemed necessary to protect certain aquatic life. Expands the Board of Land and Natural Resources' authority to temporarily adopt, amend, or repeal certain natural resource rules by formal action at a publicly noticed meeting if the board finds that such adoption, amendment, or repeal is necessary to implement effective and adaptive management measures in light of newly available technology, or in light of newly available data. (SD1)
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2024-07-08 Act 222, on 07/08/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1323). became-law
2024-04-19 Transmitted to Governor.
2024-04-22 Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 782). receipt
2024-04-19 Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Garcia excused (2). passage
2024-04-18 House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
2024-04-19 Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 771). receipt
2024-04-18 Reconsideration of action taken on 04-11-24.
2024-04-12 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 731). receipt
2024-04-11 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). amendment-failure
2024-04-09 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 497) in amended form (SD 1).
2024-04-09 Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) McKelvey. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
2024-04-05 48 Hrs. Notice 04-09-24.
2024-04-05 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3657) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).
2024-04-02 The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Elefante; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Awa. committee-passage-favorable
2024-03-27 The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-02-24 10:05AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
2024-03-22 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDC. reading-2, referral-committee
2024-03-22 Reported from WTL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3324) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to JDC.
2024-03-15 The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WTL were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Elefante, McKelvey; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Chang, Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
2024-03-12 The committee(s) on WTL has scheduled a public hearing on 03-15-24 1:00PM; CR 229 & Videoconference.
2024-03-07 Referred to WTL, JDC. referral-committee
2024-03-07 Passed First Reading. reading-1
2024-03-07 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 183). introduction, receipt
2024-03-05 Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Souza voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Woodson excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. passage
2024-03-01 Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 896-24), recommending passage on Third Reading.
2024-02-29 The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Evslin, Ganaden, Ichiyama, Kong, Miyake; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Souza; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Holt, Ilagan. committee-passage-favorable
2024-02-26 Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 02-29-24 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2024-02-15 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Garrett, Matayoshi, Perruso, Sayama, Takayama excused (5). reading-2, referral-committee
2024-02-15 Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 423-24) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
2024-02-06 The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Poepoe, Chun, Ganaden, Hashem, M. Mizuno, Morikawa, Takayama, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
2024-02-02 Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Tuesday, 02-06-24 10:15AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2024-01-24 Referred to WAL, JHA, referral sheet 1 referral-committee
2024-01-17 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
2024-01-12 Prefiled.
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