---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO SEARCH WARRANTS."
description: "Authorizes a judge or magistrate to approve a search warrant based on sworn oral statements or electronic communications. Effective 1/1/2020. (SD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 507"
citation: "Hawaii HB 507 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Search Warrants", "Oral Statements or Electronic Communications"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party)"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7693281d-9aa1-4ae2-ab7f-daa75b315100"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=507&year=2019"
source_hash: "8b960c986bb310241570ee8bef65433e2141b38cc6e53de0e6a01b8f20e854dd"
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 507 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO SEARCH WARRANTS.

Authorizes a judge or magistrate to approve a search warrant based on sworn oral statements or electronic communications. Effective 1/1/2020. (SD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB507** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB507_.HTM)
2. **HB507_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB507_HD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-18** Pending introduction.
- **2019-01-22** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-22** Referred to JUD, referral sheet 4 `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 02-07-19.
- **2019-02-05** Bill scheduled for decision making on Thursday, 02-07-19 2:00PM in conference room 325.
- **2019-02-07** The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, San Buenaventura, Brower, Creagan, Lowen, McKelvey, Morikawa, Say, Takayama; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Yamane, Thielen. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-28** Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 951) 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. 388). `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`
- **2019-04-03** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1785) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2019-04-03** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
- **2019-04-03** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-05-19.
- **2019-04-05** Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Ruderman). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 672) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2019-04-09** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
- **2019-04-11** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 719).
- **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; Kim, 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 04-09-19.
- **2019-04-25** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 861).
- **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 117, on 06/21/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1219). `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-25** Act 117, 06/21/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1219). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7693281d-9aa1-4ae2-ab7f-daa75b315100`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).