---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO THE MITIGATION OF HAZARDOUS SITUATIONS STATEWIDE."
description: "Appropriates moneys for the mitigating of hazardous situations based on an appropriation that is scheduled to lapse on 6/30/2017. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 144"
citation: "Hawaii HB 144 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mitigation of Hazardous Situations Statewide ($)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LUKE"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-19"
last_action: "2017-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3e965da-814e-4ad8-a85f-ad4fb0cf3784"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=144&year=2017"
source_hash: "97da47498be8c3c0199e127e6fd4ae436ed549833d3658c45082787efba5fc27"
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 144 (2017 Regular Session) — RELATING TO THE MITIGATION OF HAZARDOUS SITUATIONS STATEWIDE.

Appropriates moneys for the mitigating of hazardous situations based on an appropriation that is scheduled to lapse on 6/30/2017. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB144** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/HB144_.HTM)
2. **HB144_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/HB144_CD1_.HTM)
3. **HB144_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/HB144_HD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **17–0** (pass) · legislature
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **2–0** (pass) · legislature
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **2–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). — **25–0** (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`
- **2017-02-06** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 02-09-17 2:00PM in House conference room 308.
- **2017-02-09** The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 17 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Cachola, Choy, DeCoite, Gates, Holt, Keohokalole, Kobayashi, LoPresti, Lowen, Nakamura, Tokioka, Quinlan, Yamashita, Tupola, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-02** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 821) 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. 221). `introduction`
- **2017-03-09** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-09** Referred to PSM, WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-10** The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-14-17 1:15PM in conference room 229.
- **2017-03-14** The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in PSM were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Nishihara, Wakai, Baker, Ihara, L. Thielen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-22** Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 959) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.
- **2017-03-22** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
- **2017-03-24** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-28-17 9:30AM in conference room 211.
- **2017-03-28** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 8 Aye(s): Senator(s) Tokuda, Dela Cruz, Galuteria, Inouye, K. Kahele, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) English, Harimoto, Taniguchi. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-31** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1275) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).
- **2017-03-31** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-03-17.
- **2017-04-03** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 2 (Senator(s) Ruderman, Shimabukuro). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2017-04-03** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 402) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2017-04-04** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
- **2017-04-05** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 398).
- **2017-04-17** House Conferees Appointed: Luke Chair; Cullen, Tupola.
- **2017-04-17** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 586).
- **2017-04-18** Senate Conferees Appointed: Nishihara Chair; Tokuda Co-Chair; L. Thielen.
- **2017-04-18** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 680).
- **2017-04-25** Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Wednesday, 04-26-17 2:30PM in conference room 309.
- **2017-04-26** The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Nishihara, Tokuda; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) L. Thielen. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-26** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 2 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Tupola.
- **2017-04-28** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 117) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2017-04-28** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 05-02-17.
- **2017-04-28** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 117).
- **2017-04-28** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-02-17.
- **2017-05-02** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). 25 Aye(s); Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
- **2017-05-02** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
- **2017-05-03** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 737).
- **2017-05-04** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 642).
- **2017-05-03** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2017-07-11** Act 121, 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1222). `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-11** Act 121, on 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1222). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e3e965da-814e-4ad8-a85f-ad4fb0cf3784`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).