---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO ADDING THE ROTH OPTION FOR THE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN."
description: "Allow participants to make both pre-tax contributions and post-tax contributions to the State Deferred Compensation Plan. (SD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 1007"
citation: "Hawaii HB 1007 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State of Hawaii Deferred Compensation Plan", "Roth Option"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party)"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 41
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11c53b60-ef5c-4145-a076-341a7d05c4fe"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1007&year=2019"
source_hash: "9a1abf771f1b8912b79daf754d78121fdb6cba8a9de04488ff91e0dc6b038381"
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 1007 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO ADDING THE ROTH OPTION FOR THE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN.

Allow participants to make both pre-tax contributions and post-tax contributions to the State Deferred Compensation Plan. (SD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB1007** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB1007_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on LCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **14–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** Pending introduction.
- **2019-01-24** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-28** Referred to FIN, referral sheet 6 `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-04** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 02-06-19 2:00PM in House conference room 308.
- **2019-02-06** The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nishimoto, Todd, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Nakamura. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-20** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 804), recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2019-02-20** Passed Second Reading; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Mizuno, Nakamura, Onishi excused (3).
- **2019-02-28** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2019-03-01** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 91). `introduction`
- **2019-03-01** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-05** Referred to LCA, WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** The committee(s) on LCA has scheduled a public hearing on 03-14-19 3:00PM in conference room 224.
- **2019-03-14** The committee(s) on LCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in LCA were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Taniguchi, Ihara, S. Chang, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-21** Reported from LCA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1357) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
- **2019-03-21** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
- **2019-04-04** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-05-19 10:05AM in conference room 211.
- **2019-04-05** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 10 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, Harimoto, K. Kahele, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) English, Inouye, Taniguchi. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-05** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1997) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-05** One Day Notice 04-09-19.
- **2019-04-09** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2019-04-09** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 813) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2019-04-11** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
- **2019-04-12** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 804).
- **2019-04-15** House Conferees Appointed: Cullen Chair; Eli, McDermott.
- **2019-04-15** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 808).
- **2019-04-18** Senate Conferees Appointed: Taniguchi Chair; Keith-Agaran Co-Chair; Fevella.
- **2019-04-18** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 917).
- **2019-04-22** House Conferee(s) discharged.
- **2019-04-23** House Conferees Appointed: Cullen Chair; Eli, McDermott.
- **2019-04-23** Received notice of discharge of conferees (Hse. Com. No. 847).
- **2019-04-23** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 850).
- **2019-04-30** House Conferee(s) discharged.
- **2019-04-30** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-11-19.
- **2019-05-02** Received notice of discharge of conferees (Hse. Com. No. 881).
- **2019-05-02** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 886).
- **2019-05-02** House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
- **2019-05-02** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite, Nakashima, Quinlan excused (3).
- **2019-05-03** Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 887).
- **2019-05-03** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2019-06-12** Act 086, on 06/07/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1187). `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-12** Act 086, 06/07/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1187). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/11c53b60-ef5c-4145-a076-341a7d05c4fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).