---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO MANNER OF SERVICE."
description: "Authorizes service on nonresident property owners for actions involving the property owned by the nonresident through a summons mailed to the mailing address on record with the real property tax office in the county in which the property is located. (HB2033 CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2018 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2033"
citation: "Hawaii HB 2033 (2018 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Real Property", "Service of Summons", "Nonresident"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BROWER", "MORIKAWA", "NISHIMOTO", "SAN BUENAVENTURA"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-19"
last_action: "2018-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e29a352c-dfc7-4f47-a053-dd5c37a832b7"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2033&year=2018"
source_hash: "edec117b0bfe9748e4d3d0f9b2ade1fb47b56e90599b667ae64de9e658da4726"
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 2033 (2018 Regular Session) — RELATING TO MANNER OF SERVICE.

Authorizes service on nonresident property owners for actions involving the property owned by the nonresident through a summons mailed to the mailing address on record with the real property tax office in the county in which the property is located. (HB2033 CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB2033** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/HB2033_.HTM)
2. **HB2033_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/HB2033_CD1_.HTM)
3. **HB2033_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/HB2033_HD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **2–0** (pass) · upper
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **2–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- BROWER — primary (person)
- MORIKAWA — primary (person)
- NISHIMOTO — primary (person)
- SAN BUENAVENTURA — 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`
- **2018-01-26** Referred to CPC, JUD, referral sheet 6 `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Wednesday, 02-14-18 2:00PM in House conference room 329.
- **2018-02-14** The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Ichiyama, Ito, Johanson, LoPresti, Mizuno, Tokioka, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Say; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Aquino, Yamane. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-16** Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 703-18) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JUD.
- **2018-02-16** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite, Ing, Nakamura, Onishi, Woodson excused (5). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20** Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Thursday, 02-22-18 2:00PM in House conference room 325.
- **2018-02-22** The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Nishimoto, San Buenaventura, Brower, C. Lee, Morikawa, Takayama, McDermott, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-02** Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1002-18), 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. 176). `introduction`
- **2018-03-06** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-03-06** Referred to JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-12** The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 03-15-18 10:00AM in conference room 016.
- **2018-03-15** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Taniguchi, K. Rhoads, Kim, L. Thielen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3036) 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. 442) 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: Takumi, San Buenaventura Co-Chairs; McDermott.
- **2018-04-16** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 609).
- **2018-04-23** Senate Conferees Appointed: Taniguchi Chair; Kim, K. Rhoads.
- **2018-04-23** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 827).
- **2018-04-24** Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Wednesday, 04-25-18 2:45PM in conference room 329.
- **2018-04-25** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 2 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, San Buenaventura; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) McDermott.
- **2018-04-25** 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) Taniguchi, Kim; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) K. Rhoads. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-26** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 20-18) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2018-04-26** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 05-01-18.
- **2018-04-26** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 20-18).
- **2018-04-26** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-18.
- **2018-05-01** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
- **2018-05-01** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
- **2018-05-01** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 849).
- **2018-05-02** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2018-05-03** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 705).
- **2018-07-05** Act 094, on 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1195). `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-05** Act 094, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1195). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e29a352c-dfc7-4f47-a053-dd5c37a832b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).