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type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO RESIDENCE REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTED OFFICERS."
description: "Allows a waiver of the one-year residency requirement for certain appointive officers when the officer is employed as the head of a county police department. Clarifies that all appointed officers in the service of state or county government, other than the head or deputy or assistant to the head of a state or county department, be residents of the State at the time of their appointment, and citizens, nationals, permanent resident aliens of the United States, or eligible under federal law for unrestricted employment in the United States. (SD2)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 1534"
citation: "Hawaii HB 1534 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appointed Officers", "Residency Requirement", "Police Departments", "Police Chief"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SOUKI"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-25"
last_action: "2017-06-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cca50cd2-5f61-402c-b69b-372598c3f901"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1534&year=2017"
source_hash: "571f80abbdcfd2e5e0bb0adcd8772d14eb4dcc1d69073fcfd742370b1ba9a3ca"
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 1534 (2017 Regular Session) — RELATING TO RESIDENCE REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTED OFFICERS.
Allows a waiver of the one-year residency requirement for certain appointive officers when the officer is employed as the head of a county police department. Clarifies that all appointed officers in the service of state or county government, other than the head or deputy or assistant to the head of a state or county department, be residents of the State at the time of their appointment, and citizens, nationals, permanent resident aliens of the United States, or eligible under federal law for unrestricted employment in the United States. (SD2)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB1534** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/HB1534_.HTM)
2. **HB1534_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/HB1534_HD1_.HTM)
3. **HB1534_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/HB1534_SD1_.HTM)
## Votes
- The House Conference Managers recommend to agree to the Senate Amendments. — **30** (fail) · legislature
- The committee(s) on JDL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **30** (pass) · legislature
- The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **40** (pass) · legislature
- The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **30** (pass) · legislature
- The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **100** (pass) · legislature
- The committees on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **60** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- SOUKI — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-25** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-30** Referred to LAB, JUD, referral sheet 6 `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-03** Bill scheduled to be heard by LAB on Tuesday, 02-07-17 11:00AM in House conference room 309.
- **2017-02-07** The committees on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Holt, Keohokalole, Nakashima, Yamashita, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Takumi. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-16** Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 401) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JUD.
- **2017-02-16** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with Representative(s) Tupola voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite, Holt, Souki excused (3). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-24** Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Tuesday, 02-28-17 2:00PM in House conference room 325.
- **2017-02-28** The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Nishimoto, San Buenaventura, Belatti, Brower, Johanson, C. Lee, Morikawa, Nakashima, Oshiro, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) McDermott. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-03** Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1050), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-07** Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Tupola voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ichiyama excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2017-03-09** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 362). `introduction`
- **2017-03-09** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-09** Referred to GVO/PSM, JDL. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-13** The committee(s) on GVO/PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-16-17 2:45PM in conference room 224.
- **2017-03-16** The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in GVO were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kim, Ruderman, K. Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Galuteria, Tokuda. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-16** The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in PSM were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Nishihara, Baker, Ihara, L. Thielen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Wakai. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-24** Reported from GVO/PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1071) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDL.
- **2017-03-24** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL.
- **2017-04-04** The committee(s) on JDL will hold a public decision making on 04-07-17 9:30AM in conference room 016.
- **2017-04-07** The committee(s) on JDL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDL were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keith-Agaran, K. Rhoads, L. Thielen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard, Kim. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** Reported from JDL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1580) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
- **2017-04-07** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-11-17.
- **2017-04-11** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2017-04-11** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 667) in amended form (SD 2).
- **2017-04-13** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
- **2017-04-17** House Conferees Appointed: Johanson, Nishimoto Co-Chairs; Nakashima, Oshiro, Matsumoto.
- **2017-04-17** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 585).
- **2017-04-17** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 586).
- **2017-04-18** Senate Conferees Appointed: Kim Chair; Ihara, Keith-Agaran Co-Chairs.
- **2017-04-18** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 680).
- **2017-04-19** Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-20-17 1:45PM in conference room 325.
- **2017-04-21** Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-26-17 1:50PM in conference room 325.
- **2017-04-26** Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-27-17 1:45PM in conference room 325.
- **2017-04-27** The House Conference Managers recommend to agree to the Senate Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Nishimoto, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Nakashima, Oshiro.
- **2017-04-27** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-13-17.
- **2017-04-28** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 633).
- **2017-04-28** House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
- **2017-04-28** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Har, Ing, McDermott, Quinlan, Thielen, Tokioka excused (6).
- **2017-04-28** Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 638).
- **2017-05-01** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2017-06-22** Act 036, on 06/19/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1136). `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-22** Act 036, 06/19/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1136). `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cca50cd2-5f61-402c-b69b-372598c3f901`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).