---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL COURTS."
description: "Provides that the environmental courts shall not have exclusive, original jurisdiction over any proceedings relating to parking violations under certain administrative rules and laws. (SD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2018 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 1936"
citation: "Hawaii HB 1936 (2018 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environmental Courts", "Original Jurisdiction", "Parking Violations", "Administrative Rules"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GATES", "HOLT", "JOHANSON", "LOPRESTI", "NISHIMOTO", "QUINLAN", "TODD"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 42
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-19"
last_action: "2018-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/287f1297-10c5-46f4-b67d-81df32590759"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1936&year=2018"
source_hash: "8cffe084b7c90448a3485ca42db6edc9f740287ba88a81e6a46802b139c6ab93"
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 1936 (2018 Regular Session) — RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL COURTS.

Provides that the environmental courts shall not have exclusive, original jurisdiction over any proceedings relating to parking violations under certain administrative rules and laws. (SD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB1936** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/HB1936_.HTM)
2. **HB1936_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/HB1936_HD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- The House Conference Managers recommend to agree to the Senate Amendments. — **4–0** (fail) · lower
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- GATES — primary (person)
- HOLT — primary (person)
- JOHANSON — primary (person)
- LOPRESTI — primary (person)
- NISHIMOTO — primary (person)
- QUINLAN — primary (person)
- TODD — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-19** Pending introduction.
- **2018-01-22** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** Referred to JUD, FIN, referral sheet 5 `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-30** Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Thursday, 02-01-18 2:00PM in House conference room 325.
- **2018-02-01** The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Nishimoto, San Buenaventura, Brower, Takayama, McDermott, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) C. Lee, Morikawa. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14** Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 401-18) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2018-02-14** 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 Representative(s) Souki excused (1). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-23** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 02-27-18 11:00AM in House conference room 308.
- **2018-02-27** The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Cachola, DeCoite, Fukumoto, Gates, Holt, Keohokalole, Nakamura, Todd, Yamashita; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Kobayashi, Lowen, Tupola, Ward. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-02** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 975-18), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-02** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ing, San Buenaventura, Say, Yamane excused (4). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 164). `introduction`
- **2018-03-06** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-03-06** Referred to AEN, JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-09** Re-Referred to JDC, WAM.
- **2018-03-13** The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 03-16-18 9:30AM in conference room 016.
- **2018-03-16** 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. 3035) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
- **2018-03-21** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
- **2018-03-29** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-04-18 10:30AM in conference room 211.
- **2018-04-04** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 11 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, English, Galuteria, Harimoto, Inouye, K. Kahele, Kidani, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-06** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3669) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
- **2018-04-06** One Day Notice 04-10-18.
- **2018-04-10** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Harimoto). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2018-04-10** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 623) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2018-04-12** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
- **2018-04-13** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 608).
- **2018-04-16** House Conferees Appointed: Nishimoto, Cullen Co-Chairs; Quinlan, Thielen.
- **2018-04-16** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 609).
- **2018-04-19** Senate Conferees Appointed: Taniguchi Chair; Keith-Agaran Co-Chair; L. Thielen.
- **2018-04-19** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 801).
- **2018-04-23** Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Tuesday, 04-24-18 2:00PM in conference room 329.
- **2018-04-24** Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-25-18 2:00PM in conference room 329.
- **2018-04-25** The House Conference Managers recommend to agree to the Senate Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Nishimoto, Cullen, Quinlan, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- **2018-04-27** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-12-18.
- **2018-05-01** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 695).
- **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.
- **2018-07-10** Act 119, 07/05/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1220). `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-10** Act 119, on 07/05/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1220). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/287f1297-10c5-46f4-b67d-81df32590759`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).