---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO PROCUREMENT FILING FEE."
description: "Requires a party initiating a bid challenge to pay the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs a non-refundable filing fee for contracts with an estimated value of $500,000 or more. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 1213"
citation: "Hawaii SB 1213 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DCCA", "Procurement", "Protests", "Bid Challenge", "Filing Fee"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party)"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 48
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-06-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39a1473d-ceae-4859-815d-f23b8edf0cc8"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1213&year=2019"
source_hash: "efa7b4de539e50d0de8ba7b8e2360bc3ea7cf7a8190b393bea01518dab75c932"
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 1213 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO PROCUREMENT FILING FEE.

Requires a party initiating a bid challenge to pay the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs a non-refundable filing fee for contracts with an estimated value of $500,000 or more. (CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB1213** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/SB1213_.HTM)
2. **SB1213_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/SB1213_CD1_.HTM)
3. **SB1213_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/SB1213_HD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- 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. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- The committees on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** Introduced. `introduction`
- **2019-01-24** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-28** Referred to CPH, WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** The committee(s) on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 02-05-19 9:00AM in conference room 229.
- **2019-02-05** The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in CPH were as follows: 6 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, S. Chang, J.Keohokalole, Nishihara, Ruderman, L. Thielen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-07** Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 96) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.
- **2019-02-07** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
- **2019-02-11** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-14-19 10:00AM in conference room 211.
- **2019-02-14** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 10 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, English, Harimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Shimabukuro, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) K. Kahele, Riviere, Taniguchi. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-01** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 875) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).
- **2019-03-01** 48 Hrs. Notice 03-05-19.
- **2019-03-05** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). 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. 404) in amended form (SD 1). `introduction`
- **2019-03-07** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** Referred to LAB, FIN, referral sheet 27 `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** Bill scheduled to be heard by LAB on Thursday, 03-14-19 9:00AM in House conference room 309.
- **2019-03-14** The committees on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Eli, Ichiyama, Kitagawa, McKelvey, Yamashita, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Quinlan. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-20** Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1495) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2019-03-20** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Belatti, Yamane excused (2). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 03-27-19 2:00PM in House conference room 308.
- **2019-03-27** 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, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Todd, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Holt. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2098), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-04** Deferred one day 04-05-19.
- **2019-04-05** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Eli, Mizuno, Nishimoto excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2019-04-09** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 692). `introduction`
- **2019-04-09** Senate disagrees with House amendments.
- **2019-04-09** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 885).
- **2019-04-17** House Conferees Appointed: Johanson, Eli Co-Chairs; Kitagawa, Matsumoto.
- **2019-04-18** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 813).
- **2019-04-18** Senate Conferees Appointed: Baker Chair; English Co-Chair; L. Thielen, Fevella.
- **2019-04-18** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 918).
- **2019-04-22** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-24-19 9:00AM in conference room 229.
- **2019-04-24** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-19 9:30AM in conference room 229.
- **2019-04-25** The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, English, L. Thielen, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-25** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-19 9:30AM in conference room 229.
- **2019-04-25** Measure deleted from 04-26-19 9:30am reconvene notice.
- **2019-04-25** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Eli, Kitagawa, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- **2019-04-26** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 141).
- **2019-04-26** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-19.
- **2019-04-26** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 141) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2019-04-26** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 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).
- **2019-05-06** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-12** Act 073, on 06/07/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1174). `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-12** Act 073, 06/07/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1174). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39a1473d-ceae-4859-815d-f23b8edf0cc8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).