| Measure Title: | RELATING TO PUBLIC ASSISTANCE. |
| Report Title: | Welfare Payments; Standard of Need |
| Description: | Increases standard of need from the 1993 federal poverty level to the current poverty level. Includes the aged, blind, and disabled in determining the amounts of assistance. Removes limitation on making general assistance payments only from total appropriations for that purpose. (SB475 HD1) |
| Package: | Women's Legislative Caucus |
| Companion: | HB243 |
| Introducer(s): | CHUN OAKLAND, BAKER, Inouye, Kim, Fukunaga |
| Current Referral: | HUS, FIN |
| Date | Status Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 1/24/2005 | S | Introduced and passed First Reading. |
| 1/31/2005 | S | Referred to HMS, WAM. |
| 2/2/2005 | S | The committee on HMS has scheduled a public hearing on 02-08-05 at 2:45 pm in conference room 016. |
| 2/8/2005 | S | The committee on HMS deferred the measure until 02-10-05 at 2:30 pm in conference room 016. |
| 2/10/2005 | S | The committee(s) on HMS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HMS were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Chun Oakland, Ihara, Fukunaga, Hooser; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Trimble; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Kokubun. |
| 2/17/2005 | S | Reported from HMS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 148) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM. |
| 2/17/2005 | S | Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. |
| 2/25/2005 | S | The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-01-05 at 9:30 am in conference room 211. |
| 3/1/2005 | S | The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 12 Aye(s): Senator(s) Taniguchi, Tsutsui, Espero, Fukunaga, Hooser, Inouye, Kanno, Kim, Kokubun, Nishihara, Sakamoto, Hemmings; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 2 No(es): Senator(s) Slom, Trimble; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) English. |
| 3/4/2005 | S | Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 822) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). |
| 3/4/2005 | S | 48 Hrs. Notice 03-08-05. |
| 3/8/2005 | S | Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Hogue . Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Slom, Trimble). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Ihara). Transmitted to House. |
| 3/8/2005 | H | Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 82) in amended form (SD 2). |
| 3/10/2005 | H | Pass First Reading. |
| 3/10/2005 | H | Referred to HUS, FIN, referral sheet 30 |
| 3/18/2005 | H | Bill scheduled to be heard by HUS on Tuesday, 03-22-05 at 9:00 am in House conference room 329. |
| 3/22/2005 | H | The committees on HUS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Sonson, Cabanilla, Arakaki, Green, Hale, Kahikina, Kawakami, Stonebraker; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Finnegan; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. |
| 3/24/2005 | H | Reported from the committee on HUS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1246) as amended in (HD 1), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to the committee on FIN. |
| 3/24/2005 | H | Passed Second Reading as amended in (HD 1) and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no and Representative(s) Fox, Morita, Takamine excused. |
$ = Appropriation measure
ConAm = Constitutional Amendment