---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO THE UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT."
description: "Amends the Uniform Controlled Substance Act by updating Schedule V and amending requirements for electronic prescriptions, for consistency with federal law. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 1263"
citation: "Hawaii SB 1263 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Uniform Controlled Substances Act", "Electronic Prescription", "Schedule V"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party)"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 49
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6eb089a-06f9-4f95-bc6a-0db12993b1e9"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1263&year=2019"
source_hash: "1e6d4fdb90a5096a2f1049cfd030804e616050179d4670be0f7b474ea396abcf"
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 SB 1263 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO THE UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT.

Amends the Uniform Controlled Substance Act by updating Schedule V and amending requirements for electronic prescriptions, for consistency with federal law. (CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB1263** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/SB1263_.HTM)
2. **SB1263_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/SB1263_CD1_.HTM)
3. **SB1263_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/SB1263_HD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- The committees on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **5–1** (pass) · lower
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **4–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** Introduced. `introduction`
- **2019-01-24** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-28** Referred to PSM, CPH. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** Re-Referred to CPH.
- **2019-02-15** The committee(s) on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 02-20-19 9:15AM in conference room 229.
- **2019-02-20** The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPH were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Ruderman, L. Thielen, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) S. Chang, J.Keohokalole, Nishihara. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-28** Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 766) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2019-02-28** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
- **2019-02-28** 48 Hrs. Notice 03-05-19.
- **2019-03-05** Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Harimoto). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2019-03-05** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 427) in amended form (SD 1). `introduction`
- **2019-03-07** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** Referred to HLT, JUD, referral sheet 27 `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-18** Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Thursday, 03-21-19 10:00AM in House conference room 329.
- **2019-03-21** The committees on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Mizuno, B. Kobayashi, Nakamura, San Buenaventura, Say; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Ward; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Tokioka. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1683), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JUD.
- **2019-03-22** Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan, Yamane excused (2). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-22** Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Monday, 03-25-19 2:00PM in House conference room 325.
- **2019-03-25** The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 03-27-19 2:00PM.
- **2019-03-25** Bill scheduled for decision making on Wednesday, 03-27-19 2:00PM in conference room 325.
- **2019-03-27** The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until Friday, 03-29-19 at 2:00 PM.
- **2019-03-27** Bill scheduled for decision making on Friday, 03-29-19 2:00PM in conference room 325.
- **2019-03-29** The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 04-02-19 at 2:00pm.
- **2019-03-29** Bill scheduled for decision making on Tuesday, 04-02-19 2:00PM in conference room 325.
- **2019-04-02** 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, Morikawa, Say, Takayama, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) McKelvey, Yamane. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-05** Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2198) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-05** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-09-19.
- **2019-04-09** Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 783). `introduction`
- **2019-04-11** Senate disagrees with House amendments.
- **2019-04-11** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 893).
- **2019-04-15** House Conferees Appointed: Mizuno, C. Lee Co-Chairs; Belatti, Tokioka, Thielen.
- **2019-04-15** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 809).
- **2019-04-17** Senate Conferees Appointed: Baker Chair; S. Chang, Fevella.
- **2019-04-17** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 907).
- **2019-04-18** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-22-19 9:30AM in conference room 229.
- **2019-04-22** 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) Baker, S. Chang, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-22** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Mizuno, C. Lee, Tokioka, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti.
- **2019-04-25** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 14).
- **2019-04-25** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-19.
- **2019-04-25** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 14) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2019-04-25** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 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).
- **2019-05-06** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-12** Act 095, on 06/07/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1196). `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-12** Act 095, 06/07/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1196). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6eb089a-06f9-4f95-bc6a-0db12993b1e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).