---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST E OLA MAU NA LEO O KEKAHA."
description: "Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds (SPRB) to assist E Ola Mau Na Leo O Kekaha with the acquisition, remediation, and development of the old Kekaha Sugar Mill in Kekaha, Kauai, Hawaii. (HB1413 CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 1413"
citation: "Hawaii HB 1413 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Special Purpose Revenue Bonds", "E Ola Mau Na Leo O Kekaha", "Kekaha Sugar Mill ($)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["MORIKAWA"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2e4f858-cb8b-49b1-88cf-c451c742a2d2"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1413&year=2019"
source_hash: "25ad6215c82741addbad05ab9b7a1d02d2938e213b0e6bf51829b7c261e4e82f"
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 1413 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST E OLA MAU NA LEO O KEKAHA.

Authorizes the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds (SPRB) to assist E Ola Mau Na Leo O Kekaha with the acquisition, remediation, and development of the old Kekaha Sugar Mill in Kekaha, Kauai, Hawaii. (HB1413 CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB1413** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB1413_.HTM)
2. **HB1413_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB1413_CD1_.HTM)
3. **HB1413_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB1413_HD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **2–0** (pass) · upper
- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- The committees on WLH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- MORIKAWA — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-28** Referred to WLH, FIN, referral sheet 6 `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Bill scheduled to be heard by WLH on Friday, 02-08-19 8:30AM in House conference room 325.
- **2019-02-08** The committees on WLH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamane, Todd, Har, Lowen, Tarnas, Wildberger; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Thielen. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-15** Reported from WLH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 778) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2019-02-15** 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) Aquino, DeCoite, Nakamura, Quinlan, Thielen excused (5). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 02-20-19 2:00PM in House conference room 308.
- **2019-02-20** The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Gates, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nishimoto, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Eli, Hashimoto, Nakamura, Todd. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-28** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 865), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **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. 121). `introduction`
- **2019-03-01** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-05** Referred to EET, WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08** Re-Referred to WAM.
- **2019-03-25** The committee(s) on WAM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-29-19 10:00AM in conference room 211.
- **2019-03-29** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 10 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, English, Harimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Moriwaki, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) K. Kahele, Kidani, Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1736) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2019-04-02** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
- **2019-04-02** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-04-19.
- **2019-04-04** Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 3 (Senator(s) Keith-Agaran, Kidani, Ruderman). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2019-04-04** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 659) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2019-04-05** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
- **2019-04-09** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 638).
- **2019-04-15** Senate Conferees Appointed: Keith-Agaran Chair; Kanuha Co-Chair; Fevella.
- **2019-04-15** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 900).
- **2019-04-17** House Conferees Appointed: Yamane, Todd Co-Chairs; Morikawa, Nakamura, Thielen.
- **2019-04-18** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 814).
- **2019-04-23** Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Wednesday, 04-24-19 2:30PM in conference room 312.
- **2019-04-24** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamane, Todd, Morikawa, Nakamura, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- **2019-04-24** 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) Keith-Agaran, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-26** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 76) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2019-04-26** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-30-19.
- **2019-04-26** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 76).
- **2019-04-26** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-19.
- **2019-04-30** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
- **2019-04-30** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
- **2019-05-01** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 968).
- **2019-05-02** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 883).
- **2019-05-01** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2019-06-12** Act 043, on 06/07/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1144). `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-12** Act 043, 06/07/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1144). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2e4f858-cb8b-49b1-88cf-c451c742a2d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).