republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2017-regular-session/sb-865.md

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Bill	RELATING TO CONTRACTORS.	Permits persons licensed as an electrical or plumbing contractor under this chapter to enter into contracts to perform electrical or plumbing work; provided that if a contractor's responsible managing employee, which includes a sole proprietor, is not licensed in accordance with chapter 448E, HRS, then the contractor shall employ individuals licensed in accordance with chapter 448E, HRS, to actually perform the electrical or plumbing work. Exempts employees of public utilities and community antennae television companies. (CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2017 Regular Session	SB 865	Hawaii SB 865 (2017 Regular Session)	bill	Contractors Performance of Electrical or Plumbing Work Licensing	enacted	KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party)	3	41	4	2017-01-25	2017-07-12	openstates	ocd-bill/f38d2db2-c925-4baa-9b6d-53565d8f4612	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=865&year=2017	71209f01942fe2f7b4d008a1ebf75ea6d2da040c52666ffdfb0a73735036fc16	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii SB 865 (2017 Regular Session) — RELATING TO CONTRACTORS.

Permits persons licensed as an electrical or plumbing contractor under this chapter to enter into contracts to perform electrical or plumbing work; provided that if a contractor's responsible managing employee, which includes a sole proprietor, is not licensed in accordance with chapter 448E, HRS, then the contractor shall employ individuals licensed in accordance with chapter 448E, HRS, to actually perform the electrical or plumbing work. Exempts employees of public utilities and community antennae television companies. (CD1)

Version chain

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

1. SB865 (committee substitute) — source
2. SB865_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. SB865_HD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 2–0 (pass) · legislature
• The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 5–0 (pass) · legislature
• The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 5–0 (pass) · legislature
• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 3–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

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

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-25 Introduced. introduction
• 2017-01-25 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2017-01-25 Referred to CPH. referral-committee
• 2017-02-17 The committee(s) on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 02-24-17 9:30AM in conference room 229.
• 2017-02-24 The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPH were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Nishihara, S. Chang; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Espero, Ihara ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Kidani, Ruderman. committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-02 Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 564) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2017-03-02 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
• 2017-03-02 48 Hrs. Notice 03-07-17.
• 2017-03-07 Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Riviere. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2017-03-07 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 280) in amended form (SD 1). introduction
• 2017-03-09 Pass First Reading reading-1
• 2017-03-09 Referred to CPC, referral sheet 27 referral-committee
• 2017-03-28 Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Thursday, 03-30-17 2:00PM in House conference room 329.
• 2017-03-29 Broadcast of hearing/briefing available. See: www.capitoltv.org
• 2017-03-30 The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Ito, Say, Takayama, Todd; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Aquino, Yamane, Fukumoto. committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-03 Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1559) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2017-04-03 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Choy, Har, McKelvey, Oshiro, Say excused (5).
• 2017-04-05 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2017-04-06 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 401). introduction
• 2017-04-06 Senate disagrees with House amendments.
• 2017-04-06 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 514).
• 2017-04-17 House Conferees Appointed: Takumi Chair; Fukumoto, Ward.
• 2017-04-17 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 587).
• 2017-04-18 Senate Conferees Appointed: Baker Chair; S. Chang, Nishihara.
• 2017-04-18 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 681).
• 2017-04-19 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-20-17 3:00PM in conference room 016.
• 2017-04-20 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-17 3:00PM in conference room 016.
• 2017-04-24 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-17 3:00PM in conference room 016.
• 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) Baker, S. Chang; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Nishihara. committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-25 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Fukumoto, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
• 2017-04-27 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 44).
• 2017-04-27 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-02-17.
• 2017-04-27 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 44) 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). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Galuteria).
• 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 173, 07/11/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1287). executive-signature
• 2017-07-12 Act 173, on 07/11/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1287). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f38d2db2-c925-4baa-9b6d-53565d8f4612. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).