---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII."
description: "Repeals requirements for the University of Hawaii to prepare certain annual reports to the Legislature. (HB850 HD2)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 850"
citation: "Hawaii HB 850 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["University of Hawaii", "Legislative Reports"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BELATTI", "Creagan", "Evans", "HASHEM", "MCKELVEY", "MORIKAWA", "Matsumoto", "OHNO", "SAIKI", "SAY", "SOUKI", "TAKAYAMA", "TODD", "WOODSON"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-23"
last_action: "2017-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6caa754d-edc9-4ef7-902d-ac05354794f4"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=850&year=2017"
source_hash: "ce874c58da4567d09f7cd83fd61c86bcd8babe2a47a0817a5d2727fd686eff3d"
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 850 (2017 Regular Session) — RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Repeals requirements for the University of Hawaii to prepare certain annual reports to the Legislature. (HB850 HD2)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB850** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/HB850_.HTM)
2. **HB850_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/HB850_HD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **16–0** (pass) · legislature
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- The committee(s) on HRE recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- The committees on HED recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **9–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- BELATTI — primary (person)
- Creagan — primary (person)
- Evans — primary (person)
- HASHEM — primary (person)
- MCKELVEY — primary (person)
- MORIKAWA — primary (person)
- Matsumoto — primary (person)
- OHNO — primary (person)
- SAIKI — primary (person)
- SAY — primary (person)
- SOUKI — 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. 244) 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, WITH AMENDMENTS. 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`
- **2017-03-03** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 973) 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; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ichiyama excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2017-03-09** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 297). `introduction`
- **2017-03-09** 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 deferred the measure until 03-21-17 1:15PM in conference room 414.
- **2017-03-21** The committee(s) on HRE recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in HRE were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Kahele, Espero, Taniguchi; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Kidani, Keith-Agaran. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-24** Reported from HRE (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1130) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.
- **2017-03-24** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
- **2017-03-24** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-29-17 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. 1578) 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. 542).
- **2017-04-11** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2017-04-27** Act 014, on 04/27/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1114). `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-27** Act 014, 04/27/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1114). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6caa754d-edc9-4ef7-902d-ac05354794f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).