republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2017-regular-session/sb-103.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO THE DISPOSITION OF EXCESS GENERAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED UNDER ARTICLE VII, SECTION 6, OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII."
description: "Implements the state constitutional amendment of Senate Bill No. 2554 of the Regular Session of 2016 that authorizes the disposition of excess general fund revenues to pre-pay general obligation bond debt service or pension or other post-employment benefit liabilities. Takes effect 6/30/2017. (SD2)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 103"
citation: "Hawaii SB 103 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disposition of Excess General Fund Revenues", "Implementing Legislation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["TOKUDA"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-19"
last_action: "2017-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/955a48fb-f14a-464f-959d-30f4f3b444d1"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=103&year=2017"
source_hash: "84c1ee06c06ec6e163826f7272700646ad1aca05aba26d1e19b5f8b729cb4ba4"
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 103 (2017 Regular Session) — RELATING TO THE DISPOSITION OF EXCESS GENERAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED UNDER ARTICLE VII, SECTION 6, OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII.

Implements the state constitutional amendment of Senate Bill No. 2554 of the Regular Session of 2016 that authorizes the disposition of excess general fund revenues to pre-pay general obligation bond debt service or pension or other post-employment benefit liabilities. Takes effect 6/30/2017. (SD2)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB103** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/SB103_.HTM)
2. **SB103_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/SB103_SD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
- The committee(s) on JDL 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, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **8–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- TOKUDA — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-19** Introduced. `introduction`
- **2017-01-19** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2017-01-20** Referred to JDL, WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-03** The committee(s) on JDL has scheduled a public hearing on 02-09-17 9:05AM in conference room 016.
- **2017-02-09** The committee(s) on JDL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDL were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keith-Agaran, K. Rhoads, Gabbard, Kim, L. Thielen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-16** Reported from JDL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 354) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
- **2017-02-16** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
- **2017-02-22** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-24-17 1:35PM in conference room 211.
- **2017-02-24** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 8 Aye(s): Senator(s) Tokuda, Galuteria, Harimoto, Inouye, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) Dela Cruz, English, K. Kahele. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-03** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 664) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
- **2017-03-03** 48 Hrs. Notice 03-07-17.
- **2017-03-07** 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`
- **2017-03-07** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 80) in amended form (SD 2). `introduction`
- **2017-03-09** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-09** Referred to FIN, referral sheet 27 `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-17** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 03-21-17 2:00PM in House conference room 308.
- **2017-03-21** The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Cachola, Choy, DeCoite, Gates, Holt, Kobayashi, LoPresti, Lowen, Nakamura, Tokioka, Quinlan, Yamashita, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Keohokalole, Tupola. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-05** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1577), recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2017-04-05** Passed Second Reading; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
- **2017-04-06** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Oshiro, Saiki, Say excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2017-04-07** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 450). `introduction`
- **2017-04-07** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-26** Act 006, 04/26/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1106). `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-26** Act 006, on 04/26/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1106). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/955a48fb-f14a-464f-959d-30f4f3b444d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).