---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUNDS."
description: "Repeals and abolishes various non-general funds of GOV, OHA, and DOE, as recommended by the Auditor in Auditor's Report Nos. 16-09, 16-10, and 16-11, and transfers unencumbered balances. (HB141 HD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 141"
citation: "Hawaii HB 141 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Repeal of Non-General Funds", "Transfer of Balances", "Governor", "Office of Hawaiian Affairs", "Department of Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LUKE"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-19"
last_action: "2017-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3b94c26-2619-4654-ac46-703614481984"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=141&year=2017"
source_hash: "f7197497e0c486a6e127881ef43b64af0895600e8f7820ba46cd0defa3912703"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-hi"]
---

# Hawaii HB 141 (2017 Regular Session) — RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUNDS.

Repeals and abolishes various non-general funds of GOV, OHA, and DOE, as recommended by the Auditor in Auditor's Report Nos. 16-09, 16-10, and 16-11, and transfers unencumbered balances. (HB141 HD1)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB141** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/HB141_.HTM)
2. **HB141_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/HB141_HD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **15–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- LUKE — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-19** Pending introduction.
- **2017-01-20** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-23** Referred to FIN, referral sheet 1 `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21** Proposed draft of Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 02-23-17 1:00PM in House conference room 308. Copy of proposed draft available at www.capitol.hawaii.gov.
- **2017-02-23** The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Cullen, Cachola, Choy, DeCoite, Gates, Holt, Keohokalole, Kobayashi, LoPresti, Lowen, Nakamura, Quinlan, Yamashita, Tupola, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Luke, Tokioka. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-02** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 811) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2017-03-02** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ichiyama excused (1).
- **2017-03-07** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ichiyama excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2017-03-09** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 220). `introduction`
- **2017-03-09** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-09** Referred to WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** The committee(s) on WAM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-22-17 9:30AM in conference room 211.
- **2017-03-22** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 8 Aye(s): Senator(s) Tokuda, Dela Cruz, English, Galuteria, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) Harimoto, Inouye, K. Kahele. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-04** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1284) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2017-04-04** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading.
- **2017-04-04** One Day Notice 04-05-17.
- **2017-04-05** Deferred One Day 04-06-17.
- **2017-04-06** Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) English). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2017-04-06** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 479).
- **2017-04-07** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2017-04-26** Act 002, 04/26/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1102). `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-26** Act 002, on 04/26/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1102). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f3b94c26-2619-4654-ac46-703614481984`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).