---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUNDS."
description: "Abolishes the Hawaii Department of Agriculture Biocontrol Foreign Exploration Special Fund and transfers the unencumbered balances to the general fund. (HB123 HD2)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 123"
citation: "Hawaii HB 123 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DOA", "Special Fund Repeal", "Transfer of Balances"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["CULLEN", "LUKE"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c456c3c8-49de-4209-9937-99e71112638d"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=123&year=2019"
source_hash: "c11aaecdf9d0d46c2273d4e9d1ba6028c6116b9a41ca2de5f367e29a48092b94"
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 123 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUNDS.

Abolishes the Hawaii Department of Agriculture Biocontrol Foreign Exploration Special Fund and transfers the unencumbered balances to the general fund. (HB123 HD2)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB123** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB123_.HTM)
2. **HB123_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB123_HD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Reconsider: The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- The committees on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- CULLEN — primary (person)
- LUKE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** Pending introduction.
- **2019-01-18** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-22** Referred to AGR, FIN, referral sheet 2 `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Bill scheduled to be heard by AGR on Friday, 02-08-19 11:00AM in House conference room 312.
- **2019-02-08** The committee(s) on AGR recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-13-19 10:30AM in House conference room 312.
- **2019-02-11** Bill scheduled for decision making on Wednesday, 02-13-19 10:30AM in conference room 312.
- **2019-02-13** The committees on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Creagan, DeCoite, Cabanilla Arakawa, Cachola, Onishi, Perruso, Okimoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Holt. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-15** Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 718) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2019-02-15** 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) Aquino, DeCoite, Nakamura, Quinlan, Thielen excused (5). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 02-20-19 2:00PM in House conference room 308.
- **2019-02-20** The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Gates, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nishimoto, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Eli, Hashimoto, Nakamura, Todd. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-01** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1212) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-01** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-05-19.
- **2019-03-05** Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cabanilla Arakawa, Quinlan excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2019-03-07** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 337). `introduction`
- **2019-03-07** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** Referred to AEN, WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08** The committee(s) on AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-13-19 1:15PM in conference room 224.
- **2019-03-13** The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in AEN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Ruderman, K. Rhoads, L. Thielen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-18** Reported from AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1237) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.
- **2019-03-18** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
- **2019-03-25** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-28-19 10:20AM in conference room 211.
- **2019-03-28** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 12 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, English, Harimoto, Inouye, K. Kahele, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Riviere, Taniguchi, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Shimabukuro. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-29** The committee on WAM will reconsider its previous decision on 03-28-19 and will hold a public decision making on 04-01-19 10:25AM in conference room 211.
- **2019-04-01** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 9 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 4 Excused: Senator(s) English, Harimoto, K. Kahele, Taniguchi. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-05** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1911) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-05** One Day Notice 04-09-19.
- **2019-04-09** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. 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. 688).
- **2019-04-09** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2019-04-26** Act 025, on 04/25/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1126). `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-26** Act 025, 04/25/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1126). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c456c3c8-49de-4209-9937-99e71112638d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).