---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT."
description: "Makes eligible for membership on a county arborist advisory committee certified arborists, horticulturists with specialization in trees, and persons who have received a master's degree in botany. (SD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2018 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2219"
citation: "Hawaii HB 2219 (2018 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Exceptional Trees", "County Arborist Advisory Committee", "Membership Qualifications"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["CREAGAN", "DeCoite", "Gates", "LoPresti", "SAN BUENAVENTURA"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-22"
last_action: "2018-07-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47a0106c-c516-4126-bdd6-1d394e08655e"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2219&year=2018"
source_hash: "db62d849836e9f32f92119c586912ef382418abd7e9a8c222e411af2e34cebf6"
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 2219 (2018 Regular Session) — RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENT.

Makes eligible for membership on a county arborist advisory committee certified arborists, horticulturists with specialization in trees, and persons who have received a master's degree in botany. (SD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB2219** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/HB2219_.HTM)
2. **HB2219_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/HB2219_HD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committees on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- CREAGAN — primary (person)
- DeCoite — primary (person)
- Gates — primary (person)
- LoPresti — primary (person)
- SAN BUENAVENTURA — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-22** Pending introduction.
- **2018-01-24** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-26** Referred to EEP, referral sheet 8 `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Thursday, 02-08-18 8:30AM in House conference room 325.
- **2018-02-08** The committees on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, Lowen, Cullen, Kong, McKelvey, Todd, Yamane; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) McDermott. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-01** Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 879-18) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2018-03-01** 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) McKelvey, Tokioka, Yamane excused (3).
- **2018-03-06** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Woodson excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 321). `introduction`
- **2018-03-08** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-03-08** Referred to AEN/PSM. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-09** The committee(s) on AEN/PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-14-18 1:15PM in conference room 224.
- **2018-03-14** The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in AEN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Riviere, Nishihara, K. Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Ruderman. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-14** The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in PSM were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Nishihara, Ihara, L. Thielen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Wakai, Baker. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** Reported from AEN/PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2994) 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. 443) 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: C. Lee Chair; San Buenaventura, McDermott.
- **2018-04-16** Senate Conferees Appointed: Gabbard Chair; Nishihara Co-Chair; Ruderman.
- **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).
- **2018-04-24** House Conferee(s) discharged.
- **2018-04-24** Reconsideration of action taken on 03-27-18.
- **2018-04-25** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 665).
- **2018-04-25** Received notice of discharge of conferees (Hse. Com. No. 668).
- **2018-04-25** House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
- **2018-04-25** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Holt, Quinlan excused (2).
- **2018-04-25** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2018-04-26** Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 675).
- **2018-07-10** Act 118, 07/05/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1219). `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-10** Act 118, on 07/05/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1219). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/47a0106c-c516-4126-bdd6-1d394e08655e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).