Hawaii State Legislature

Bill Status

SB958 SD1 HD1

Generated on 8/13/2007 4:05:04 PM

Measure Title:
RELATING TO GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS.
Report Title:
Genetically Modified Organisms; Taro; Moratorium
Description:
Imposes a 10-year moratorium on developing, testing, propagating, cultivating, growing, and raising genetically engineered taro in the State. (HD1)
Package:
None
Companion:
Introducers:
HEE, HOOSER, ENGLISH, TOKUDA
Current Referral:
EEP, AGR
Date Status Text
1/19/2007SIntroduced.
1/22/2007SPassed First Reading.
1/24/2007SReferred to ENE/WAH.
1/24/2007SThe committee(s) on WAH has scheduled a public hearing on 01-29-07 at 1:30 pm in conference room 414 (pending re-referral).
1/26/2007SRe-Referred to WAH.
1/29/2007SThe committee(s) on WAH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAH were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kokubun, Tokuda, Hee; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Slom; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fukunaga.
2/6/2007SReported from WAH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 28) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
2/6/2007SReport adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
2/6/2007S48 Hrs. Notice 02-08-07.
2/8/2007SPassed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 16; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fukunaga, Gabbard, Ige, Kim, Menor, Nishihara, Sakamoto, Tsutsui . Noes, 8 (Senator(s) Baker, Espero, Hemmings, Inouye, Slom, Taniguchi, Trimble, Whalen). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Bunda). Transmitted to House.
2/8/2007HReceived from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 10).
2/12/2007HReferred to EEP, AGR, CPC, referral sheet 18
2/21/2007HBill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Tuesday, 02-27-07 at 10:00 am in House conference room 312.
2/27/2007HThe committees on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Morita, Carroll, Ito, Magaoay, Sagum; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Chong, Saiki, Thielen.
3/1/2007HRe-referred to EEP, AGR, referral sheet 27
3/9/2007HReported from the committee on EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1218) as amended in (HD 1), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to the committee on AGR.
3/12/2007HPassed Second Reading as amended in (HD 1) and referred to the committee(s) on AGR with Representative(s) Marumoto voting no (1) and Representative(s) Carroll, Manahan, Thielen excused (3).

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