---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE."
description: "Makes a deposit into the emergency and budget reserve fund pursuant to article VII, section 6, of the Hawaii Constitution. Appropriates funds. (SB494 CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 494"
citation: "Hawaii SB 494 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emergency and Budget Reserve Fund", "Constitution", "Appropriation ($)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DELA CRUZ"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57f875c1-93a8-46a3-8ad7-ee70013ebb42"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=494&year=2019"
source_hash: "a17fb06eb05b19609622f1ceab5f99f8f714667cd21521400637a44f8df064b8"
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 494 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE.

Makes a deposit into the emergency and budget reserve fund pursuant to article VII, section 6, of the Hawaii Constitution. Appropriates funds. (SB494 CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB494** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/SB494_.HTM)
2. **SB494_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/SB494_CD1_.HTM)
3. **SB494_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/SB494_HD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **3–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- DELA CRUZ — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-18** Introduced. `introduction`
- **2019-01-22** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-24** Referred to WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** The committee(s) on WAM has scheduled a public hearing on 02-05-19 10:00AM in conference room 211.
- **2019-02-05** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 10 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, English, Inouye, K. Kahele, Kanuha, Moriwaki, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) Harimoto, Kidani, Taniguchi. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-11** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 165) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2019-02-11** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
- **2019-02-11** 48 Hrs. Notice 02-13-19.
- **2019-02-13** Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2019-02-13** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 7) in amended form (SD 1). `introduction`
- **2019-02-14** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-28** Referred to FIN, referral sheet 26 `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 03-15-19 2:00PM in House conference room 308.
- **2019-03-15** The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nishimoto, Todd, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Nakamura. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-01** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1908) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2019-04-01** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Ward voting no (1) and Representative(s) Hashem, McKelvey, Saiki, Todd excused (4).
- **2019-04-03** Deferred one day 04-04-19.
- **2019-04-04** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Ward voting no (1) and Representative(s) Nishimoto, Quinlan excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 579). `introduction`
- **2019-04-05** Senate disagrees with House amendments.
- **2019-04-05** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 685).
- **2019-04-12** House Conferees Appointed: Luke Chair; Cullen, McDermott.
- **2019-04-15** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 807).
- **2019-04-15** Senate Conferees Appointed: Dela Cruz Chair; Keith-Agaran Co-Chair; Fevella.
- **2019-04-15** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 901).
- **2019-04-18** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-22-19 10:30AM in conference room 309.
- **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) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, 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: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- **2019-04-24** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 9).
- **2019-04-24** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-26-19.
- **2019-04-24** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 9) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2019-04-24** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Friday, 04-26-19.
- **2019-04-26** Deferred one day 04-30-19.
- **2019-04-26** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.
- **2019-04-26** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 965).
- **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).
- **2019-05-02** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 883).
- **2019-05-03** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-12** Act 044, on 06/07/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1145). `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-12** Act 044, 06/07/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1145). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/57f875c1-93a8-46a3-8ad7-ee70013ebb42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).