republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2017-regular-session/hb-478.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY."
description: "Appropriates funds for full-time temporary agricultural management positions and equipment expenses for Kulani and Waiawa correctional facilities' agriculture operations. (HB478 CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 478"
citation: "Hawaii HB 478 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Kulani Correctional Facility", "Waiawa Correctional Facility", "Agriculture Operations", "Appropriation ($)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["CREAGAN", "DECOITE", "HAR", "JOHANSON", "KEOHOKALOLE", "MORIKAWA", "NAKASHIMA", "OHNO", "ONISHI", "OSHIRO", "TAKAYAMA", "TODD"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2017-01-20"
last_action: "2017-07-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/150f23f0-e95c-4eaf-931f-f9c13ea8a9dd"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=478&year=2017"
source_hash: "8c977a60b61c3953935154b3467bc6de742acdbd3a84240ec6e91bca1f13fa0f"
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 478 (2017 Regular Session) — RELATING TO PUBLIC SAFETY.

Appropriates funds for full-time temporary agricultural management positions and equipment expenses for Kulani and Waiawa correctional facilities' agriculture operations. (HB478 CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB478** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/HB478_.HTM)
2. **HB478_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/HB478_CD1_.HTM)
3. **HB478_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/HB478_HD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **2–0** (pass) · legislature
- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **16–0** (pass) · legislature
- The committees on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). — **25–0** (pass) · legislature
- The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- CREAGAN — primary (person)
- DECOITE — primary (person)
- HAR — primary (person)
- JOHANSON — primary (person)
- KEOHOKALOLE — primary (person)
- MORIKAWA — primary (person)
- NAKASHIMA — primary (person)
- OHNO — primary (person)
- ONISHI — primary (person)
- OSHIRO — primary (person)
- TAKAYAMA — primary (person)
- TODD — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-20** Pending introduction.
- **2017-01-23** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-23** Referred to PBS, FIN, referral sheet 2 `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-03** Bill scheduled to be heard by PBS on Thursday, 02-09-17 10:00AM in House conference room 312.
- **2017-02-09** The committees on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, LoPresti, Creagan, DeCoite, Gates, Ing, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-14** Reported from PBS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 259) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2017-02-14** 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 none excused (0). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 02-23-17 11:00AM in House conference room 308.
- **2017-02-23** The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Cachola, DeCoite, Gates, Holt, Keohokalole, Kobayashi, LoPresti, Lowen, Nakamura, Tokioka, Quinlan, Yamashita, Tupola, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Choy. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-02** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 727), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-02** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ichiyama excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2017-03-03** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 16). `introduction`
- **2017-03-03** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-09** Referred to PSM/AEN, WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-13** The committee(s) on PSM/AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-17-17 1:30PM in conference room 224.
- **2017-03-17** 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`
- **2017-03-17** The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in AEN were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Riviere, Nishihara, K. Rhoads, Ruderman; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-23** Reported from PSM/AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1043) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
- **2017-03-23** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
- **2017-03-31** The committee on WAM has added the measure to decision making scheduled on 04-03-17 1:35PM in conference room 211.
- **2017-04-03** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 11 Aye(s): Senator(s) Tokuda, Dela Cruz, English, Galuteria, Harimoto, Inouye, K. Kahele, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1564) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-07** One Day Notice 04-11-17.
- **2017-04-11** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. 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. 573) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2017-04-13** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
- **2017-04-17** House Conferees Appointed: Takayama, LoPresti Co-Chairs; Onishi, Thielen.
- **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: Nishihara Chair; Gabbard, K. Kahele Co-Chairs.
- **2017-04-18** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 680).
- **2017-04-24** Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Tuesday, 04-25-17 11:00AM in conference room 312.
- **2017-04-25** Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Tuesday, 04-25-17 at 1:00PM in Conference Room 312.
- **2017-04-25** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, LoPresti, Onishi, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- **2017-04-25** The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Nishihara, Gabbard; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) K. Kahele. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-28** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 112) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2017-04-28** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 05-02-17.
- **2017-04-28** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 112).
- **2017-04-28** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-02-17.
- **2017-05-02** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). 25 Aye(s); Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
- **2017-05-02** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
- **2017-05-03** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 737).
- **2017-05-04** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 642).
- **2017-05-03** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2017-07-11** Act 119, 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1220). `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-11** Act 119, on 07/10/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1220). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/150f23f0-e95c-4eaf-931f-f9c13ea8a9dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).