---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO FIREWORKS."
description: "Requires the Legislative Reference Bureau to update its Report of the Illegal Fireworks Task Force to the Legislature for the Regular Session of 2011. (SD2)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 497"
citation: "Hawaii HB 497 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Fire Council Package", "Fireworks", "Report", "Legislative Reference Bureau"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party)"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2bcc65b3-90e2-4e46-9ac9-84a8aa2233c7"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=497&year=2019"
source_hash: "d9a64be9bd4100540b0641e42e065d44561f06f1d035bfdbfb7e0671c5aa1039"
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 497 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO FIREWORKS.

Requires the Legislative Reference Bureau to update its Report of the Illegal Fireworks Task Force to the Legislature for the Regular Session of 2011. (SD2)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB497** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB497_.HTM)
2. **HB497_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB497_HD1_.HTM)
3. **HB497_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB497_SD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on JDC 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

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

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-18** Pending introduction.
- **2019-01-22** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-22** Referred to JUD, referral sheet 3 `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-12** Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Thursday, 02-14-19 2:05PM in House conference room 325.
- **2019-02-14** The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-19-19.
- **2019-02-15** Bill scheduled for decision making on Tuesday, 02-19-19 2:00PM in conference room 325.
- **2019-02-19** The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-22-19.
- **2019-02-19** Bill scheduled for decision making on Friday, 02-22-19 2:00PM in conference room 325.
- **2019-02-22** 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, Lowen, Morikawa, Say, Takayama, Yamane, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Creagan, McKelvey. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-28** Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 959) 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 none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2019-03-07** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 385). `introduction`
- **2019-03-07** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** Referred to PSM, JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-15** The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-19-19 1:20PM in conference room 229.
- **2019-03-19** 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, Wakai, Baker; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Harimoto, Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1410) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
- **2019-03-22** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.
- **2019-03-25** The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-29-19 9:30AM in conference room 016.
- **2019-03-29** 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, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Kim. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1874) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
- **2019-04-04** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-09-19.
- **2019-04-09** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). 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. 745) in amended form (SD 2).
- **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; Takayama, Thielen.
- **2019-04-15** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 808).
- **2019-04-22** House Conferee(s) discharged.
- **2019-04-23** Received notice of discharge of conferees (Hse. Com. No. 847).
- **2019-04-23** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-11-19.
- **2019-04-24** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 855).
- **2019-04-24** House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
- **2019-04-24** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Holt excused (1).
- **2019-04-25** Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 859).
- **2019-04-24** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2019-07-05** Act 184, on 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1286). `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-05** Act 184, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1286). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2bcc65b3-90e2-4e46-9ac9-84a8aa2233c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).