---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO ETHICS."
description: "Clarifies application of the fair treatment and conflict of interest laws with respect to legislators and task force members. (HB170 CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 170"
citation: "Hawaii HB 170 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Ethics Commission Package", "Task Force Members", "Disclosures"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party)"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57e8cb31-584f-4f94-af4e-cbcf5a7e517a"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=170&year=2019"
source_hash: "e3a5aa59f17d148fbb4eae15c9890e745a5e96e1334d1f10174c8bf7a7a73f7f"
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 170 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO ETHICS.

Clarifies application of the fair treatment and conflict of interest laws with respect to legislators and task force members. (HB170 CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB170** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB170_.HTM)
2. **HB170_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB170_CD1_.HTM)
3. **HB170_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB170_HD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **3–0** (pass) · lower
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** Pending introduction.
- **2019-01-18** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-22** Referred to JUD, referral sheet 2 `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Friday, 02-01-19 2:00PM in House conference room 325.
- **2019-02-01** The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-04-19.
- **2019-02-01** Bill scheduled for decision making on Monday, 02-04-19 2:00PM in conference room 325.
- **2019-02-04** The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, San Buenaventura, Brower, Creagan, Lowen, McKelvey, Morikawa, Takayama, Yamane; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Say, Thielen. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-28** Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 943) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2019-02-28** 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) DeCoite excused (1).
- **2019-03-05** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cabanilla Arakawa, Quinlan excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2019-03-07** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 346). `introduction`
- **2019-03-07** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** Referred to JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-15** The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 03-19-19 9:00AM in conference room 016.
- **2019-03-19** 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) K. Rhoads, Wakai, Gabbard, Kim; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1882) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2019-04-04** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
- **2019-04-04** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-09-19.
- **2019-04-09** Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). 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. 702) 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: C. Lee Chair; Morikawa, Thielen.
- **2019-04-15** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 808).
- **2019-04-15** Senate Conferees Appointed: K. Rhoads Chair; Kim, Fevella.
- **2019-04-15** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 900).
- **2019-04-16** Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Wednesday, 04-17-19 4:35PM in conference room 325.
- **2019-04-17** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, Morikawa, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- **2019-04-17** The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Rhoads, Kim, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-23** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 3) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2019-04-23** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Thursday, 04-25-19.
- **2019-04-23** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 3).
- **2019-04-23** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-25-19.
- **2019-04-25** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cachola, Thielen excused (2).
- **2019-04-25** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
- **2019-04-25** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 961).
- **2019-04-26** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 872).
- **2019-04-26** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2019-06-25** Act 119, on 06/21/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1221). `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-25** Act 119, 06/21/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1221). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/57e8cb31-584f-4f94-af4e-cbcf5a7e517a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).