---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO THE HAWAII LABOR RELATIONS BOARD."
description: "Allows the filing of documents with the Hawaii Labor Relations Board electronically or by the original paper document. (HB913 CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 913"
citation: "Hawaii HB 913 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hawaii Labor Relations Board", "Documents", "Electronic Filing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["ELI", "JOHANSON"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a8df709-b6e2-4f41-bfe8-b59417a44eb4"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=913&year=2019"
source_hash: "37d92ca64620418cd5d53b05579b09694ab7c126e73842813456db75720b8cb2"
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 913 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO THE HAWAII LABOR RELATIONS BOARD.

Allows the filing of documents with the Hawaii Labor Relations Board electronically or by the original paper document. (HB913 CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB913** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB913_.HTM)
2. **HB913_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB913_CD1_.HTM)
3. **HB913_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB913_HD1_.HTM)
4. **HB913_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB913_SD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- 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. — **2–0** (pass) · upper
- The committees on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on LCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- ELI — primary (person)
- JOHANSON — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** Pending introduction.
- **2019-01-24** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-28** Referred to LAB, FIN, referral sheet 6 `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-28** Bill scheduled to be heard by LAB on Thursday, 01-31-19 9:30AM in House conference room 309.
- **2019-01-31** The committees on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Eli, Ichiyama, Kitagawa, McKelvey, Quinlan, Yamashita, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-06** Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 105) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2019-02-06** 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) Nakamura, Thielen excused (2). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-25** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 02-27-19 11:00AM in House conference room 308.
- **2019-02-27** The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Todd, Wildberger, Yamashita; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) McDermott. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-01** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1114), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-01** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2019-03-05** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 238). `introduction`
- **2019-03-05** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-05** Referred to LCA, JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** The committee(s) on LCA has scheduled a public hearing on 03-14-19 3:00PM in conference room 224.
- **2019-03-14** The committee(s) on LCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in LCA were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Taniguchi, Ihara, S. Chang, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-21** Reported from LCA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1349) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
- **2019-03-21** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.
- **2019-03-22** The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-28-19 9:45AM in conference room 016.
- **2019-03-28** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Rhoads, Gabbard, Kim; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Wakai, Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1873) 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. 799) 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: Eli, Kitagawa Co-Chairs; Matsumoto.
- **2019-04-15** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 808).
- **2019-04-18** Senate Conferees Appointed: Taniguchi Chair; K. Rhoads Co-Chair; Fevella.
- **2019-04-18** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 919).
- **2019-04-22** Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Tuesday, 04-23-19 3:10PM in conference room 423.
- **2019-04-23** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Eli, Kitagawa, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- **2019-04-23** 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) Taniguchi, K. Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-25** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 44) 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. 44).
- **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 211, on 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1313). `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-09** Act 211, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1313). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a8df709-b6e2-4f41-bfe8-b59417a44eb4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).