---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO DRUG PARAPHERNALIA."
description: "Reclassifies drug paraphernalia possession and delivery offenses from felonies to violations subject to a fine of no more than $500. (HB1501 CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 1501"
citation: "Hawaii HB 1501 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Drug Paraphernalia", "Possession", "Delivery", "Civil Violations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brower", "CREAGAN", "DeCoite", "EVANS", "MIZUNO", "NISHIMOTO", "SAN BUENAVENTURA", "TODD", "WOODSON"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 42
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-25"
last_action: "2017-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b80d5d4-660e-4417-bc22-d6e920cc2b43"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1501&year=2017"
source_hash: "60364e66df73cd2db90b0531eea468b2905a391964d4ca0d6e98bb5b4f0fe574"
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 1501 (2017 Regular Session) — RELATING TO DRUG PARAPHERNALIA.

Reclassifies drug paraphernalia possession and delivery offenses from felonies to violations subject to a fine of no more than $500. (HB1501 CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB1501** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/HB1501_.HTM)
2. **HB1501_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/HB1501_CD1_.HTM)
3. **HB1501_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/HB1501_HD1_.HTM)
4. **HB1501_HD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/HB1501_HD2_.HTM)

## Votes

- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **8–0** (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
- The committee(s) on JDL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- The committees on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **7–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Brower — primary (person)
- CREAGAN — primary (person)
- DeCoite — primary (person)
- EVANS — primary (person)
- MIZUNO — primary (person)
- NISHIMOTO — primary (person)
- SAN BUENAVENTURA — primary (person)
- TODD — primary (person)
- WOODSON — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-25** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-30** Referred to PBS, JUD, referral sheet 6 `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-03** Bill scheduled to be heard by PBS on Thursday, 02-09-17 10:00AM in House conference room 312.
- **2017-02-09** The committees on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, LoPresti, Creagan, DeCoite, Gates, Ing, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-14** Reported from PBS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 256) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JUD.
- **2017-02-14** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Ward voting no (1) and none excused (0). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-27** Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Wednesday, 03-01-17 12:00PM in House conference room 325.
- **2017-03-01** The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Nishimoto, San Buenaventura, Brower, Johanson, C. Lee, Morikawa, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Oshiro; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Nakashima, McDermott. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-03** Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1033) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-03** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-07-17.
- **2017-03-07** Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Har, Matsumoto, Oshiro, Tupola, Ward voting no (5) and Representative(s) Ichiyama excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2017-03-09** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 359). `introduction`
- **2017-03-09** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-09** Referred to JDL, WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-13** Re-Referred to JDL.
- **2017-03-31** The committee(s) on JDL has scheduled a public hearing on 04-04-17 9:30AM in conference room 016.
- **2017-04-04** The committee(s) on JDL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDL were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keith-Agaran, K. Rhoads, L. Thielen; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Kim ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** Reported from JDL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1498) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2017-04-07** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
- **2017-04-07** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-11-17.
- **2017-04-11** Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2017-04-11** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 664) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2017-04-13** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
- **2017-04-17** House Conferees Appointed: Takayama, San Buenaventura Co-Chairs; Creagan, Thielen.
- **2017-04-17** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 585).
- **2017-04-17** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 586).
- **2017-04-18** Senate Conferees Appointed: Keith-Agaran Chair; English, K. Rhoads.
- **2017-04-18** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 680).
- **2017-04-19** Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-24-17 10:00AM in conference room 312.
- **2017-04-24** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, San Buenaventura, Creagan; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Thielen.
- **2017-04-24** 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) Keith-Agaran, K. Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) English. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-27** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 11) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2017-04-27** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 05-02-17.
- **2017-04-27** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 11).
- **2017-04-27** 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 Representative(s) Aquino, Cullen, Say, Yamane voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Choy, Har, Kong, Matsumoto, McDermott, Ohno, Oshiro, Tupola, Ward voting no (9) 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.
- **2017-07-06** Act 072, on 07/03/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1173). `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-06** Act 072, 07/03/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1173). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0b80d5d4-660e-4417-bc22-d6e920cc2b43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).