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---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO THE SMALL BUSINESS REGULATORY FLEXIBILITY ACT."
description: "Adopts a more explicit definition of \"small business\"; clarifies the powers of the Small Business Regulatory Review Board; increases the number of board members, with two nominated by the Board; clarifies when agencies are required to report to the Board and when the Board is required to report to the Legislature. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 908"
citation: "Hawaii SB 908 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Act"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party)"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 50
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-01-25"
last_action: "2017-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e3add16-f3b8-45d9-870b-d4a38fd94d8d"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=908&year=2017"
source_hash: "f01fd6c635428b4fa3e5d99e83af4d9632c267deebb458150729c9776b683a87"
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 908 (2017 Regular Session) — RELATING TO THE SMALL BUSINESS REGULATORY FLEXIBILITY ACT.
Adopts a more explicit definition of "small business"; clarifies the powers of the Small Business Regulatory Review Board; increases the number of board members, with two nominated by the Board; clarifies when agencies are required to report to the Board and when the Board is required to report to the Legislature. (CD1)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **SB908** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/SB908_.HTM)
2. **SB908_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/SB908_CD1_.HTM)
3. **SB908_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/SB908_HD1_.HTM)
4. **SB908_HD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/SB908_HD2_.HTM)
## Votes
- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- The committee(s) on ETT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). — **25–0** (pass) · legislature
- The committees on EDB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (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 ETT, WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-06** The committee(s) on ETT has scheduled a public hearing on 02-13-17 1:15PM in conference room 414.
- **2017-02-13** The committee(s) on ETT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in ETT were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Taniguchi, Galuteria; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Baker, L. Thielen. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-17** Reported from ETT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 400) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.
- **2017-02-17** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
- **2017-02-22** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-24-17 9:35AM 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: 10 Aye(s): Senator(s) Tokuda, English, Galuteria, Harimoto, Inouye, K. Kahele, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Dela Cruz. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-03** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 729) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).
- **2017-03-03** 48 Hrs. Notice 03-07-17.
- **2017-03-07** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). 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. 292) in amended form (SD 1). `introduction`
- **2017-03-09** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-09** Referred to EDB, FIN, referral sheet 27 `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-13** Bill scheduled to be heard by EDB on Friday, 03-17-17 10:00AM in House conference room 309.
- **2017-03-17** The committee(s) on EDB recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.
- **2017-03-17** Bill scheduled for decision making on Wednesday, 03-22-17 11:00AM in conference room 309.
- **2017-03-22** The committees on EDB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Nakashima, Keohokalole, Holt, Johanson, Yamashita, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-24** Reported from EDB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1292) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2017-03-24** 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 Representative(s) Aquino, DeCoite, Har, Ichiyama, C. Lee, Thielen excused (6). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 03-30-17 2:00PM in House conference room 308.
- **2017-03-30** The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 03-31-17.
- **2017-03-30** Bill scheduled for decision making on Friday, 03-31-17 3:15PM in conference room 308.
- **2017-03-31** The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Cachola, Choy, DeCoite, Gates, Holt, Keohokalole, Kobayashi, LoPresti, Lowen, Nakamura, Tokioka, Yamashita, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Quinlan, Tupola. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-07** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1738) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-07** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-11-17.
- **2017-04-11** Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2017-04-13** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 570). `introduction`
- **2017-04-13** Senate disagrees with House amendments.
- **2017-04-13** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 677).
- **2017-04-17** House Conferees Appointed: Nakashima, Keohokalole Co-Chairs; Ward.
- **2017-04-17** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 587).
- **2017-04-18** Senate Conferees Appointed: Wakai Chair; Galuteria, Taniguchi Co-Chairs.
- **2017-04-18** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 681).
- **2017-04-20** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-21-17 1:35PM in conference room 423.
- **2017-04-21** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-17 1:35PM in conference room 423.
- **2017-04-25** The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Galuteria, Taniguchi; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `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) Nakashima, Keohokalole, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- **2017-04-28** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 106).
- **2017-04-28** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-02-17.
- **2017-04-28** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 106) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2017-04-28** 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 Representative(s) Ichiyama excused (1).
- **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 174, 07/11/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1288). `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-12** Act 174, on 07/11/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1288). `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e3add16-f3b8-45d9-870b-d4a38fd94d8d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).
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