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Proposed Hawaii Firearm Legislation HB724

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Legislation Overview

Title: Relating To Emergency Management.

Subject: Emergency Management: Travel Restrictions: Limitation: Essential Workers

Description: Prohibits the application of travel restrictions implemented during a state of emergency or local state of emergency to essential workers unless the application of those travel restrictions to essential workers has first been approved by the governor. Defines essential workers for this purpose. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD2)

Session: 2022 Regular Session

Last Action: Carried over to 2022 Regular Session.

Last Action Date: December 10, 2021

Sponsors

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2 sponsors: Linda Ichiyama (D); Stacelynn Eli (D);

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 4% (2 of 51)

History
Chamber Date Action
Dec 10, 2021 Carried over to 2022 Regular Session.
House Feb 18, 2021 Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Wildberger voting no (1) and Representative(s) Gates excused (1).
House Feb 18, 2021 Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 401) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
House Feb 11, 2021 The committees on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 12 Ayes: Representative(s) Nakashima, Matayoshi, Ichiyama, D. Kobayashi, LoPresti, Lowen, McKelvey, Nakamura, Takumi, Todd, Tokioka, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
House Feb 9, 2021 Reported from PDP/ECD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 95) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
House Feb 9, 2021 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Wildberger voting no (1) and none excused (0).
House Feb 4, 2021 The committees on PDP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Eli, Cullen, McKelvey, Mizuno, Woodson, Yamashita, Ward; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Wildberger; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
House Feb 4, 2021 The committees on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Quinlan, Holt, Belatti, D. Kobayashi, Onishi, Sayama, Takayama, Okimoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
House Jan 29, 2021 Bill scheduled to be heard by PDP/ECD on Thursday, 02-04-21 9:30AM in House conference room Via Videoconference.
House Jan 27, 2021 Introduced and Pass First Reading.
House Jan 27, 2021 Referred to PDP/ECD, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 1
House Jan 25, 2021 Pending introduction.
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Amended Feb 17, 2021 state link bill text
Amended Feb 8, 2021 state link bill text
Introduced Feb 9, 2021 state link bill text
Amendments
Title Description Date State Link Text Adopted
There are no amendments to this bill at this time
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
Description Vote Date Yea Votes Nay Votes No Votes Absent Passed
02/4/2021 9 0 0 0 Yes
  • Cullen, Ty (D) Yea
  • Eli, Stacelynn (D) Yea
  • Ichiyama, Linda (D) Yea
  • McKelvey, Angus (D) Yea
  • Mizuno, John (D) Yea
  • Ward, Gene (R) Yea
  • Wildberger, Tina (D) Yea
  • Woodson, Justin (D) Yea
  • Yamashita, Kyle (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
02/4/2021 8 0 0 0 Yes
  • Holt, Daniel (D) Yea
  • Kobayashi, Dale (D) Yea
  • Okimoto, Val (R) Yea
  • Onishi, Richard (D) Yea
  • Quinlan, Sean (D) Yea
  • Sayama, Jackson (D) Yea
  • Takayama, Gregg (D) Yea
  • au Belatti, Della (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
02/11/2021 12 0 0 0 Yes
  • Ichiyama, Linda (D) Yea
  • Kobayashi, Dale (D) Yea
  • Lopresti, Matthew (D) Yea
  • Lowen, Nicole (D) Yea
  • Matayoshi, Scot (D) Yea
  • McKelvey, Angus (D) Yea
  • Nakamura, Nadine (D) Yea
  • Nakashima, Mark (D) Yea
  • Takumi, Roy (D) Yea
  • Todd, Chris (D) Yea
  • Tokioka, James (D) Yea
  • Ward, Gene (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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