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type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM."
description: "Amends and clarifies the acquisition of service credit provisions to maintain the tax-qualified status of the Employees' Retirement System in compliance with the federal Internal Revenue Code. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2018 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 2767"
citation: "Hawaii SB 2767 (2018 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employees' Retirement System", "Acquisition of Retirement Service Credit"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party)"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 47
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-24"
last_action: "2018-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63c6f907-7196-41b9-b817-f979c14e733e"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2767&year=2018"
source_hash: "486e48db76ff3498c7dfcb55a99c21e2bea74892ae6911ac32ad336f1c34f745"
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 2767 (2018 Regular Session) — RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
Amends and clarifies the acquisition of service credit provisions to maintain the tax-qualified status of the Employees' Retirement System in compliance with the federal Internal Revenue Code. (CD1)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **SB2767** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/SB2767_.HTM)
2. **SB2767_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/SB2767_CD1_.HTM)
3. **SB2767_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/SB2767_HD1_.HTM)
4. **SB2767_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/SB2767_SD1_.HTM)
## Votes
- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **120** (pass) · lower
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **30** (pass) · lower
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **20** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **90** (pass) · upper
- The committees on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **70** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on LBR recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **50** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-01-24** Introduced. `introduction`
- **2018-01-24** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** Referred to LBR, WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-26** The committee(s) on LBR has scheduled a public hearing on 01-30-18 2:45PM in conference room 229.
- **2018-01-30** The committee(s) on LBR recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in LBR were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Tokuda, English, S. Chang, Ihara, Taniguchi; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-09** Reported from LBR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2115) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
- **2018-02-09** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
- **2018-02-09** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-14-18 10:00AM in conference room 211.
- **2018-02-14** The committee(s) on WAM deferred the measure until 02-15-18 10:15AM in conference room 211.
- **2018-02-15** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 9 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, Galuteria, Harimoto, Inouye, K. Kahele, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) English, Kidani. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-02** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2633) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
- **2018-03-02** 48 Hrs. Notice 03-06-18.
- **2018-03-06** 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`
- **2018-03-06** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 299) in amended form (SD 2). `introduction`
- **2018-03-08** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-03-08** Referred to LAB, FIN, referral sheet 35 `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-15** Bill scheduled to be heard by LAB on Tuesday, 03-20-18 9:00AM in House conference room 309.
- **2018-03-16** Bill re-scheduled to be heard by LAB on Tuesday, 03-20-18 10:00AM in conference room 309.
- **2018-03-20** The committees on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Holt, Evans, Ichiyama, Keohokalole, Yamashita, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-23** Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1427-18) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2018-03-23** 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) C. Lee, Lowen, McDermott, Souki, Tokioka excused (5). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-02** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 04-04-18 1:30PM in House conference room 308.
- **2018-04-04** The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 12 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Cachola, DeCoite, Gates, Keohokalole, Kobayashi, Lowen, Nakamura, Yamashita, Tupola, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Fukumoto, Holt, Todd. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-06** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1929-18), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2018-04-06** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Holt excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2018-04-10** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 522). `introduction`
- **2018-04-10** Senate disagrees with House amendments.
- **2018-04-10** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 778).
- **2018-04-16** House Conferees Appointed: Johanson, Holt Co-Chairs; Matsumoto.
- **2018-04-16** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 610).
- **2018-04-17** Senate Conferees Appointed: Tokuda Chair; Keith-Agaran Co-Chair; S. Chang.
- **2018-04-17** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 788).
- **2018-04-20** Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-23-18 9:30AM in conference room 329.
- **2018-04-23** Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Tuesday 04-24-18 10:00AM in conference room 329.
- **2018-04-24** 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) Tokuda, Keith-Agaran; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) S. Chang. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-24** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Holt, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- **2018-04-26** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 30-18).
- **2018-04-26** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-18.
- **2018-04-26** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 30-18) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2018-04-26** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday 05-01-18.
- **2018-05-01** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
- **2018-05-01** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
- **2018-05-01** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 849).
- **2018-05-03** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 705).
- **2018-05-03** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-05** Act 070, on 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1171). `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-05** Act 070, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1171). `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/63c6f907-7196-41b9-b817-f979c14e733e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).