---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY."
description: "Allows the Hawaii Public Housing Authority (HPHA) to evict a tenant convicted of a felony committed during the term of the tenancy and related to the HPHA's property or funds or its employees and their property. (HB699 CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 699"
citation: "Hawaii HB 699 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hawaii Public Housing Authority", "Eviction", "Felony"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BROWER", "MIZUNO"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 46
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e952ccb-fa77-46f1-a86a-075dcfe8360e"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=699&year=2019"
source_hash: "65930992be22fc09667af461d1f68114d9c428e40f045fa313c53fb49b034338"
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 699 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO THE HAWAII PUBLIC HOUSING AUTHORITY.

Allows the Hawaii Public Housing Authority (HPHA) to evict a tenant convicted of a felony committed during the term of the tenancy and related to the HPHA's property or funds or its employees and their property. (HB699 CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB699** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB699_.HTM)
2. **HB699_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB699_CD1_.HTM)
3. **HB699_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB699_HD1_.HTM)
4. **HB699_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB699_SD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on HOU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- The committees on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BROWER — primary (person)
- MIZUNO — 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`
- **2019-01-24** Referred to HSG, JUD, referral sheet 5 `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-28** Bill scheduled to be heard by HSG on Thursday, 01-31-19 9:30AM in House conference room 423.
- **2019-01-31** The committees on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Brower, Matayoshi, Aquino, Cullen, Hashem, Hashimoto, Woodson, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-11** Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 246) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JUD.
- **2019-02-11** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Nakamura excused (1). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Friday, 02-22-19 2:05PM in House conference room 325.
- **2019-02-22** The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until Tuesday, 02-26-19.
- **2019-02-22** Bill scheduled for decision making on Tuesday, 02-26-19 2:00PM in conference room 325.
- **2019-02-26** The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, San Buenaventura, Brower, McKelvey, Say, Takayama, Yamane, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Creagan, Lowen, Morikawa. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-28** Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 891), 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. 69). `introduction`
- **2019-03-01** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-05** Referred to HOU, JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08** The committee(s) on HOU has scheduled a public hearing on 03-12-19 1:30PM in conference room 225.
- **2019-03-12** The committee(s) on HOU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HOU were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) S. Chang, Kanuha, Moriwaki; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) L. Thielen ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** Reported from HOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1471) 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`
- **2019-04-05** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1951) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
- **2019-04-05** 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. 770) 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: Brower, C. Lee Co-Chairs; Mizuno, McDermott.
- **2019-04-15** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 808).
- **2019-04-18** Senate Conferees Appointed: S. Chang Chair; K. Rhoads Co-Chair; L. Thielen, Fevella.
- **2019-04-18** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 917).
- **2019-04-22** Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Wednesday, 04-24-19 1:05PM in conference room 423.
- **2019-04-24** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Brower, C. Lee, Mizuno, McDermott; 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: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) S. Chang, K. Rhoads, L. Thielen, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-25** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 37) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2019-04-25** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-30-19.
- **2019-04-25** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 37).
- **2019-04-25** 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.
- **2019-07-09** Act 206, on 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1308). `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-09** Act 206, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1308). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e952ccb-fa77-46f1-a86a-075dcfe8360e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).