---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS."
description: "Appropriates capital improvement projects for fiscal biennium 2019–2021."
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 1259"
citation: "Hawaii HB 1259 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Capital Improvement Projects", "Executive Branch ($)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SAIKI", "Yamashita"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 39
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91c7b1bc-bfee-454e-8a2c-3f507efe664d"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1259&year=2019"
source_hash: "3655a795fa627a40e895fdc2b61b0a44c843d7817e598fccf13cb2bbe970951f"
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 1259 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.

Appropriates capital improvement projects for fiscal biennium 2019–2021.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB1259** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB1259_.HTM)
2. **HB1259_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB1259_CD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **14–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- SAIKI — primary (person)
- Yamashita — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** Pending introduction.
- **2019-01-24** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-28** Referred to FIN, referral sheet 6 `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-04** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 02-06-19 2:00PM in House conference room 308.
- **2019-02-06** 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, Nishimoto, Todd, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Nakamura. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-20** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 809), recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2019-02-20** Passed Second Reading; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Mizuno, Nakamura, Onishi excused (3).
- **2019-02-28** Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Say 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. 135). `introduction`
- **2019-03-01** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-01** Referred to WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** The committee(s) on WAM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-08-19 10:00AM in conference room 211.
- **2019-03-08** The committee(s) on WAM deferred the measure until 03-11-19 10:00AM in conference room 211.
- **2019-03-11** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, English, Harimoto, Inouye, K. Kahele, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1215) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2019-03-13** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
- **2019-03-13** 48 Hrs. Notice 03-15-19.
- **2019-03-15** Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2019-03-15** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 532) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2019-03-18** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
- **2019-03-19** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 503).
- **2019-04-15** House Conferees Appointed: Yamashita Chair; Cullen, Luke, McDermott.
- **2019-04-16** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 811).
- **2019-04-18** Senate Conferees Appointed: Keith-Agaran Chair; Dela Cruz Co-Chair; Fevella.
- **2019-04-18** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 917).
- **2019-04-23** Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-25-19 2:00PM in conference room 309.
- **2019-04-25** 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) Keith-Agaran, Dela Cruz, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-25** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Cullen, Luke, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- **2019-04-26** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 155) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2019-04-26** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-30-19.
- **2019-04-26** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 155).
- **2019-04-26** 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.
- **2019-06-12** Act 040, on 06/07/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1141). `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-12** Act 040, 06/07/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1141). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/91c7b1bc-bfee-454e-8a2c-3f507efe664d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).