---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO PROBATION."
description: "Makes a housekeeping amendment to clarify that eligibility for probation does not apply to certain drug paraphernalia violations that have been decriminalized. (SD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2018 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 1667"
citation: "Hawaii HB 1667 (2018 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary Package", "Probation", "Drug Paraphernalia", "Housekeeping Amendment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party)"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ba15701-a40b-40db-a251-107af02082c5"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1667&year=2018"
source_hash: "ff09c3c8d6485891c13563e3918e6ad30462ce1d9a23f21089c9e06739cd1a0e"
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 1667 (2018 Regular Session) — RELATING TO PROBATION.

Makes a housekeeping amendment to clarify that eligibility for probation does not apply to certain drug paraphernalia violations that have been decriminalized. (SD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB1667** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/HB1667_.HTM)
2. **HB1667_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/HB1667_HD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- The House Conference Managers recommend to agree to the Senate Amendments. — **3–0** (fail) · lower
- The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-11** Prefiled.
- **2018-01-17** Introduced and Pass First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-17** Referred to JUD, referral sheet 3 `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-23** Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Thursday, 01-25-18 2:00PM in House conference room 325.
- **2018-01-25** The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Nishimoto, San Buenaventura, Brower, C. Lee, Morikawa, Takayama, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) McDermott. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14** Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 442-18) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2018-02-14** 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) Souki excused (1).
- **2018-02-16** Deferred one day 02-20-18.
- **2018-02-20** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Souki excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2018-02-21** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 4). `introduction`
- **2018-02-21** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-21** Referred to JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-08** The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 03-13-18 9:30AM in conference room 016.
- **2018-03-13** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Taniguchi, K. Rhoads, Gabbard, Kim, L. Thielen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3029) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2018-03-21** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
- **2018-03-21** 48 Hrs. Notice 03-23-18.
- **2018-03-23** Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Harimoto). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2018-03-23** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 438) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2018-03-27** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
- **2018-03-28** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 388).
- **2018-04-16** House Conferees Appointed: Nishimoto Chair; San Buenaventura, Thielen.
- **2018-04-16** Senate Conferees Appointed: Taniguchi Chair; K. Rhoads, L. Thielen.
- **2018-04-16** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 609).
- **2018-04-16** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 785).
- **2018-04-23** Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Tuesday, 04-24-18 2:00PM in conference room 329.
- **2018-04-24** The House Conference Managers recommend to agree to the Senate Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Nishimoto, San Buenaventura, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- **2018-04-27** Reconsideration of action taken on 03-27-18.
- **2018-05-01** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 693).
- **2018-05-01** House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
- **2018-05-01** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Onishi, Takumi excused (2).
- **2018-05-03** Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 703).
- **2018-05-01** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2018-07-05** Act 102, on 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1203). `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-05** Act 102, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1203). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ba15701-a40b-40db-a251-107af02082c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).