---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET."
description: "Appropriates funds for the operating budget of the Executive Branch for fiscal years 20192020 and 20202021. (HB2 CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2"
citation: "Hawaii HB 2 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Budget ($)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LUKE", "SAIKI"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c2d71dd-7473-4066-8cfd-7d6ac95ae4f9"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2&year=2019"
source_hash: "6e669a37df6673e11a77ba4440025b39efcef8519545c20d900b23e12d8119b0"
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 2 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO THE STATE BUDGET.

Appropriates funds for the operating budget of the Executive Branch for fiscal years 20192020 and 20202021. (HB2 CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB2_.HTM)
2. **HB2_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB2_CD1_.HTM)
3. **HB2_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB2_HD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- LUKE — primary (person)
- SAIKI — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-16** Pending introduction.
- **2019-01-17** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-18** Referred to FIN, referral sheet 1 `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-18** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 01-23-19 1:30PM in House conference room 308.
- **2019-01-23** The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nishimoto, Todd, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Holt, Nakamura. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-29** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2019-01-29** 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) Thielen excused (1).
- **2019-01-31** Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 1 with Representative(s) Say voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Thielen, Tokioka excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2019-02-01** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 6). `introduction`
- **2019-02-01** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-01** Referred to WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-08** The committee(s) on WAM has scheduled a public hearing on 02-22-19 10:00AM in conference room 211.
- **2019-02-22** The committee(s) on WAM deferred the measure until 03-11-19 10:00AM in conference room 211.
- **2019-03-11** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, English, Harimoto, Inouye, K. Kahele, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1213) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2019-03-13** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
- **2019-03-13** 48 Hrs. Notice 03-15-19.
- **2019-03-15** Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2019-03-15** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 530) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2019-03-18** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
- **2019-03-18** House Conferees Appointed: Luke Chair; Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Todd, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott.
- **2019-03-19** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 503).
- **2019-03-19** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 504).
- **2019-03-19** Senate Conferees Appointed: Dela Cruz Chair; Keith-Agaran Co-Chair; English, Harimoto, Inouye, K. Kahele, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi, Fevella.
- **2019-03-19** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 533).
- **2019-03-19** Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Wednesday, 03-20-19 2:00PM in conference room 309.
- **2019-03-20** Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 03-22-19 10:30AM in conference room 309.
- **2019-03-22** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Holt, Kitagawa, Matayoshi, Nishimoto, Todd, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) B. Kobayashi, Nakamura.
- **2019-03-22** The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, English, Harimoto, Inouye, K. Kahele, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-25** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 1) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2019-03-25** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 03-27-19.
- **2019-03-25** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 1).
- **2019-03-25** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 03-27-19.
- **2019-03-27** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
- **2019-03-27** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Har, Kong, Okimoto, Say, Tokioka, Ward voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Creagan, DeCoite, Holt, McKelvey excused (4).
- **2019-03-27** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 537).
- **2019-03-28** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 511).
- **2019-03-27** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2019-04-15** Act 005, on 04/12/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1106). `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-15** Act 005, 04/12/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1106). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c2d71dd-7473-4066-8cfd-7d6ac95ae4f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).