---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE."
description: "Appropriates funds for operating expenses of the Department of Agriculture. Effective on 6/28/2019. (SB491 HD2)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 491"
citation: "Hawaii SB 491 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Budget", "Department of Agriculture", "Operating Expenses", "Appropriation ($)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GABBARD"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a9ac1ef-73cd-43a1-8f78-127c06457ff3"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=491&year=2019"
source_hash: "fde50896096ebbc50e91c5933e821b5732c3c9d8b1bad9e9064ca268bede3e17"
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 491 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

Appropriates funds for operating expenses of the Department of Agriculture. Effective on 6/28/2019. (SB491 HD2)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB491** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/SB491_.HTM)
2. **SB491_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/SB491_HD1_.HTM)
3. **SB491_HD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/SB491_HD2_.HTM)
4. **SB491_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/SB491_SD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- The committees on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- GABBARD — 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 AEN, WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-25** The committee(s) on AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 01-30-19 1:15PM in conference room 224.
- **2019-01-30** The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. 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`
- **2019-02-04** Reported from AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 13) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
- **2019-02-04** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
- **2019-02-15** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-19-19 9:30AM in conference room 211.
- **2019-02-19** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 8 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Riviere, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 5 Excused: Senator(s) English, Harimoto, K. Kahele, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-01** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 962) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
- **2019-03-01** 48 Hrs. Notice 03-05-19.
- **2019-03-05** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). 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. 152) in amended form (SD 2). `introduction`
- **2019-03-07** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** Referred to AGR, FIN, referral sheet 27 `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08** Bill scheduled to be heard by AGR on Wednesday, 03-13-19 8:30AM in House conference room 312.
- **2019-03-13** The committees on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Creagan, DeCoite, Cabanilla Arakawa, Cachola, Holt, Okimoto; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Onishi, Perruso; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1425) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2019-03-19** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) DeCoite, Har, Tokioka voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Belatti, Quinlan, Yamane excused (3). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 03-29-19 2:00PM in House conference room 308.
- **2019-03-29** The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 04-03-19.
- **2019-04-01** Bill scheduled for decision making on Wednesday, 04-03-19 2:30PM in conference room 308.
- **2019-04-03** The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Todd, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Holt, Nishimoto. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-05** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2216) as amended in HD 2, 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 2 with Representative(s) Okimoto, Say, Tokioka voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2019-04-09** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 715). `introduction`
- **2019-04-09** Senate agrees with House amendments. Placed on the calendar for Final Reading on 04-11-19.
- **2019-04-09** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-11-19.
- **2019-04-11** Passed Final Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 1 Excused: Senator(s) S. Chang.
- **2019-04-11** Received notice of Senate agreement and Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 894).
- **2019-04-11** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-29** Act 030, on 04/26/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1131). `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-29** Act 030, 04/26/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1131). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9a9ac1ef-73cd-43a1-8f78-127c06457ff3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).