republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2017-regular-session/sb-609.md

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Bill	RELATING TO ATTESTATION ENGAGEMENTS.	Requires that peer reviews performed on public accounting firms are performed in accordance with the entirety of the Statements on Standards for Attestation Engagements adopted by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. (CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2017 Regular Session	SB 609	Hawaii SB 609 (2017 Regular Session)	bill	Public Accountancy Peer Reviews Attestation Engagements	enacted	Dela Cruz Inouye Kidani NISHIHARA	2	45	6	2017-01-20	2017-07-12	openstates	ocd-bill/630f09bb-0b0f-4741-9e15-eddc24c58239	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=609&year=2017	a52a3f1dd609bb53f558f806f6c743b32e0fe37f23a85e4c6b34adfbca6eaf8a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii SB 609 (2017 Regular Session) — RELATING TO ATTESTATION ENGAGEMENTS.

Requires that peer reviews performed on public accounting firms are performed in accordance with the entirety of the Statements on Standards for Attestation Engagements adopted by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. (CD1)

Version chain

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

1. SB609 (committee substitute) — source
2. SB609_CD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 2–0 (pass) · legislature
• The committees on IAC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 7–0 (pass) · legislature
• The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 5–0 (pass) · legislature
• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 3–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). — 25–0 (pass) · legislature
• The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 7–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Dela Cruz — primary (person)
• Inouye — primary (person)
• Kidani — primary (person)
• NISHIHARA — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-20 Introduced. introduction
• 2017-01-23 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2017-01-23 Referred to CPH. referral-committee
• 2017-02-17 The committee(s) on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 02-27-17 9:30AM in conference room 229.
• 2017-02-27 The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in CPH were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Nishihara, S. Chang, Espero, Ihara; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Kidani, Ruderman. committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-02 Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 602) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2017-03-02 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading.
• 2017-03-02 One Day Notice 03-03-17.
• 2017-03-03 Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Gabbard). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2017-03-03 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 41). introduction
• 2017-03-07 Pass First Reading reading-1
• 2017-03-07 Referred to IAC, CPC, referral sheet 26 referral-committee
• 2017-03-10 Bill scheduled to be heard by IAC on Wednesday, 03-15-17 9:00AM in House conference room 429.
• 2017-03-15 The committees on IAC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Ohno, Choy, Cachola, Ito, Onishi, Tokioka, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Woodson. committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-22 Reported from IAC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1198) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
• 2017-03-22 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ichiyama, C. Lee, Lowen excused (3). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2017-03-24 Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Tuesday, 03-28-17 2:00PM in House conference room 329.
• 2017-03-28 Broadcast of hearing/briefing available. See: www.capitoltv.org
• 2017-03-28 The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Ito, Takayama, Todd, Yamane, Fukumoto; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Say; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Aquino. committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-31 Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1551), recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2017-03-31 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Aquino, Creagan, Har, Ing, McDermott, McKelvey, Thielen, Tupola excused (8). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2017-04-03 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 388). introduction
• 2017-04-03 Deferred One Day 04-04-17.
• 2017-04-04 Deferred One Day 04-05-17.
• 2017-04-05 Senate disagrees with House amendments.
• 2017-04-06 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 514).
• 2017-04-17 House Conferees Appointed: Ohno, Takumi Co-Chairs; Choy, Ward.
• 2017-04-17 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 587).
• 2017-04-20 Senate Conferees Appointed: Baker Chair; S. Chang, Ihara.
• 2017-04-20 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-21-17 2:30PM in conference room 016.
• 2017-04-20 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 688).
• 2017-04-21 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-17 2:30PM in conference room 016.
• 2017-04-24 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) Baker, S. Chang; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Ihara. committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-24 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Ohno, Takumi, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Choy.
• 2017-04-27 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 5).
• 2017-04-27 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-02-17.
• 2017-04-27 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 5) as amended in (CD 1).
• 2017-04-27 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 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).
• 2017-05-04 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2017-07-12 Act 167, 07/11/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1281). executive-signature
• 2017-07-12 Act 167, on 07/11/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1281). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/630f09bb-0b0f-4741-9e15-eddc24c58239. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).