---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION."
description: "Amends the misdemeanor offense of unsworn falsification to authorities to include knowingly making a false statement to a state investigator or county inspector in certain circumstances. (SD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 807"
citation: "Hawaii HB 807 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Penal Code", "False Statements", "Investigation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LUKE", "NISHIMOTO", "OHNO"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d37203a1-2971-46e5-802f-b66115e13a12"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=807&year=2019"
source_hash: "c39450972defe634e450189fd6c232145926ddcf1e09b45472aec33ec8c00c94"
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 807 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION.

Amends the misdemeanor offense of unsworn falsification to authorities to include knowingly making a false statement to a state investigator or county inspector in certain circumstances. (SD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB807** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB807_.HTM)
2. **HB807_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB807_HD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- LUKE — primary (person)
- NISHIMOTO — primary (person)
- OHNO — 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 JUD, referral sheet 6 `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Tuesday, 02-05-19 2:05PM in House conference room 325.
- **2019-02-05** The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-06-19.
- **2019-02-05** Bill scheduled for decision making on Wednesday, 02-06-19 2:00PM in conference room 325.
- **2019-02-06** The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, San Buenaventura, Brower, McKelvey, Morikawa, Say, Takayama, Yamane; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Creagan, Lowen, Thielen. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-28** Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 956) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2019-02-28** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite excused (1).
- **2019-03-05** Passed Third Reading 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. 410). `introduction`
- **2019-03-07** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** Referred to JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 03-15-19 9:00AM in conference room 016.
- **2019-03-15** 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`
- **2019-04-02** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1737) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2019-04-02** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
- **2019-04-02** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-04-19.
- **2019-04-04** Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fevella . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 3 (Senator(s) Keith-Agaran, Kidani, Ruderman). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2019-04-04** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 657) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2019-04-05** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
- **2019-04-09** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 638).
- **2019-04-15** House Conferees Appointed: C. Lee Chair; Morikawa, Thielen.
- **2019-04-15** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 808).
- **2019-04-23** Senate Conferees Appointed: K. Rhoads Chair; Gabbard, Fevella.
- **2019-04-23** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 953).
- **2019-04-23** House Conferee(s) discharged.
- **2019-04-24** Received notice of discharge of conferees (Hse. Com. No. 857).
- **2019-04-24** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-05-19.
- **2019-04-25** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 860).
- **2019-04-25** House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
- **2019-04-25** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cachola, Thielen excused (2).
- **2019-04-26** Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 871).
- **2019-04-26** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2019-06-25** Act 114, on 06/21/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1216). `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-25** Act 114, 06/21/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1216). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d37203a1-2971-46e5-802f-b66115e13a12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).