---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM."
description: "Reinstates the authority of the University of Hawaii System to maintain a separate accounting and financial management system that is compatible with the State of Hawaii accounting and financial system. (SD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 849"
citation: "Hawaii HB 849 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["University of Hawaii", "Accounting and Financial Management System"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BELATTI", "CACHOLA", "CREAGAN", "EVANS", "HAR", "HASHEM", "ING", "KONG", "MATSUMOTO", "MCKELVEY", "MORIKAWA", "OHNO", "ONISHI", "SAIKI", "SAY", "SOUKI", "San Buenaventura", "TAKAYAMA", "TODD", "WOODSON"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-23"
last_action: "2017-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e89a438a-5945-43c7-8e2f-21d880ca86fd"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=849&year=2017"
source_hash: "984b76e727ad265347df1c0a3bb6a81328dedcf28156b4781a3f6efccabb87b7"
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 849 (2017 Regular Session) — RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

Reinstates the authority of the University of Hawaii System to maintain a separate accounting and financial management system that is compatible with the State of Hawaii accounting and financial system. (SD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB849** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/HB849_.HTM)
2. **HB849_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/HB849_HD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **16–0** (pass) · legislature
- The committees on HED recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- The committee(s) on HRE recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **6–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- BELATTI — primary (person)
- CACHOLA — primary (person)
- CREAGAN — primary (person)
- EVANS — primary (person)
- HAR — primary (person)
- HASHEM — primary (person)
- ING — primary (person)
- KONG — primary (person)
- MATSUMOTO — primary (person)
- MCKELVEY — primary (person)
- MORIKAWA — primary (person)
- OHNO — primary (person)
- ONISHI — primary (person)
- SAIKI — primary (person)
- SAY — primary (person)
- SOUKI — primary (person)
- San Buenaventura — primary (person)
- TAKAYAMA — primary (person)
- TODD — primary (person)
- WOODSON — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-23** Pending introduction.
- **2017-01-25** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-27** Referred to HED, FIN, referral sheet 4 `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** Bill scheduled to be heard by HED on Tuesday, 02-07-17 2:01PM in House conference room 309.
- **2017-02-07** The committees on HED recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, Hashem, Creagan, Har, Ing, Ohno, Onishi, Takumi, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-13** Reported from HED (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 248) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2017-02-13** 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 none excused (0). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-18** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 02-22-17 2:00PM in House conference room 308.
- **2017-02-22** The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Cachola, DeCoite, Gates, Holt, Keohokalole, Kobayashi, LoPresti, Lowen, Nakamura, Tokioka, Quinlan, Yamashita, Tupola, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Choy. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-02** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 761), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-02** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ichiyama excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2017-03-03** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 46). `introduction`
- **2017-03-03** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-09** Referred to HRE, WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-10** The committee(s) on HRE has scheduled a public hearing on 03-14-17 1:15PM in conference room 414.
- **2017-03-14** The committee(s) on HRE recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HRE were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Kahele, Kidani, Espero, Keith-Agaran; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Taniguchi. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-23** Reported from HRE (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1007) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
- **2017-03-23** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
- **2017-03-24** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-29-17 1:40PM in conference room 211.
- **2017-03-29** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 6 Aye(s): Senator(s) Tokuda, Dela Cruz, Galuteria, K. Kahele, Riviere, Shimabukuro; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 5 Excused: Senator(s) English, Harimoto, Inouye, Taniguchi, Wakai. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1533) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-07** One Day Notice 04-11-17.
- **2017-04-11** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. 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. 616) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2017-04-17** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 585).
- **2017-04-13** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
- **2017-04-18** Senate Conferees Appointed: K. Kahele Chair; Taniguchi Co-Chair; Dela Cruz, Kidani.
- **2017-04-18** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 680).
- **2017-04-24** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-13-17.
- **2017-04-25** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 621).
- **2017-04-25** House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
- **2017-04-25** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Har, McKelvey, Oshiro excused (3).
- **2017-04-26** Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 624).
- **2017-04-25** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2017-07-07** Act 091, on 07/05/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1192). `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-07** Act 091, 07/05/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1192). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e89a438a-5945-43c7-8e2f-21d880ca86fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).