---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO THE FUNDING OF GRANTS PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 42F, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES."
description: "Appropriates operating and capital improvement grants for fiscal year 2020. Effective 7/1/2019. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 809"
citation: "Hawaii HB 809 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Chapter 42F", "Grants", "Appropriations ($)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["LUKE", "NISHIMOTO"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98190ebc-d86e-42af-aeb8-da7265ecc345"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=809&year=2019"
source_hash: "2a6038c584a0fef3dc315c38127e3bbf0b643a6e37e2aacb6aae3128aa40da6a"
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 809 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO THE FUNDING OF GRANTS PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 42F, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES.

Appropriates operating and capital improvement grants for fiscal year 2020. Effective 7/1/2019. (CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB809** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB809_.HTM)
2. **HB809_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB809_CD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- LUKE — primary (person)
- NISHIMOTO — 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 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. 803), 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 none 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. 79). `introduction`
- **2019-03-01** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-05** Referred to WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-22** The committee(s) on WAM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-28-19 10:00AM 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`
- **2019-04-05** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1898) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2019-04-05** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
- **2019-04-05** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-09-19.
- **2019-04-09** Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2019-04-09** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 785) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2019-04-11** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
- **2019-04-12** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 804).
- **2019-04-15** House Conferees Appointed: Nishimoto Chair; Cullen, Luke, McDermott.
- **2019-04-15** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 808).
- **2019-04-15** Senate Conferees Appointed: Dela Cruz Chair; Keith-Agaran Co-Chair; Fevella.
- **2019-04-15** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 900).
- **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) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, 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) Nishimoto, 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. 130) 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. 130).
- **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 039, on 06/07/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1140). `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-12** Act 039, 06/07/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1140). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98190ebc-d86e-42af-aeb8-da7265ecc345`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).