HB 296

  • Hawaii House Bill
  • 2021 Regular Session
  • Introduced in House Mar 09, 2021
  • Passed House Mar 05, 2021
  • Senate
  • Governor

Relating To Leaf Blowers.

Abstract

Restricts the use of leaf blowers in the Waikiki special improvement district within a residential zone or near a residence to between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on any day except Sunday or a state or federal holiday and between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on Sunday or any state or federal holiday. Allows commercial and hotel operators to operate leaf blowers on their premises at least one hundred feet away from a residential zone or residence between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on any day except Sunday or a state or federal holiday, and between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on Sunday or any state or federal holiday. Provides that leaf blowers used in special improvement districts during the permitted hours shall not emit more than eighty decibels of noise. Effective 1/1/2050. (HD1)

Bill Sponsors (1)

Votes


Actions


Mar 24, 2021

Senate

Re-Referred to JDC.

Mar 15, 2021

Senate

Re-Referred to HTH, JDC.

Mar 09, 2021

Senate

Referred to HTH, JDC/WAM.

  • Referral-Committee
Health Judiciary Ways and Means

Senate

Passed First Reading.

Senate

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 112).

Mar 05, 2021

House

Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 780), recommending passage on Third Reading.

House

Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Okimoto voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) McKelvey excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.

Feb 26, 2021

House

The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Branco, Eli, Holt, Ilagan, B. Kobayashi, Marten, Perruso, Sayama, Tam, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Nishimoto.

Feb 23, 2021

House

Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 02-26-21 11:00AM in House conference room 308 Via Videoconference.

Feb 12, 2021

House

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) Eli, Gates, Hashimoto excused (3).

  • Reading-2
  • Referral-Committee
Finance

House

Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 241) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

Feb 04, 2021

House

The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Kitagawa, Aquino, Har, Hashem, Kong, Mizuno, Morikawa, Onishi, Tarnas, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

Feb 02, 2021

House

Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Thursday, 02-04-21 2:00PM in House conference room Via Videoconference.

Jan 27, 2021

House

Referred to CPC, FIN, referral sheet 1

  • Referral-Committee
Consumer Protection & Commerce Finance

Jan 25, 2021

House

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

Jan 22, 2021

House

Pending introduction.

Bill Text

Bill Text Versions Format
HB296_HD1 PDF HTML
HB296 PDF HTML

Related Documents

Document Format
Committee Report HB296_HD1_HSCR780_ PDF HTML
Committee Report HB296_HD1_HSCR241_ PDF HTML
Testimony HB296_HD1_TESTIMONY_FIN_02-26-21_ PDF
Testimony HB296_TESTIMONY_CPC_02-04-21_ PDF

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