republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2019-regular-session/hb-1180.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO NATURAL DISASTERS."
description: "Appropriates funds for disaster relief, recovery, mitigation, and remediation activities for the County of Hawaii. Requires reporting of monthly expenditures to the Department of Budget and Finance. (HB1180 HD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 1180"
citation: "Hawaii HB 1180 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Budget", "Disaster Relief", "Kilauea Eruption", "County of Hawaii", "Appropriation ($)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["CREAGAN", "LOWEN", "NAKASHIMA", "SAN BUENAVENTURA", "TARNAS", "TODD"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6ed839a-0da0-478b-979d-70379186d8ab"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1180&year=2019"
source_hash: "48ef99908a0681c30e29d1c97a606f17825bc5c3b1113a5bffa77675f599e2e3"
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 HB 1180 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO NATURAL DISASTERS.

Appropriates funds for disaster relief, recovery, mitigation, and remediation activities for the County of Hawaii. Requires reporting of monthly expenditures to the Department of Budget and Finance. (HB1180 HD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB1180** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB1180_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committees on PVM recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- The committees on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- The committees on WLH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- The committees on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- CREAGAN — primary (person)
- LOWEN — primary (person)
- NAKASHIMA — primary (person)
- SAN BUENAVENTURA — primary (person)
- TARNAS — primary (person)
- TODD — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** Pending introduction.
- **2019-01-24** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-28** Referred to PVM/WLH/HSG/HSH, FIN, referral sheet 6 `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-04** Bill scheduled to be heard by PVM/WLH/HSG/HSH on Friday, 02-08-19 9:00AM in House conference room 329.
- **2019-02-08** The committees on PVM recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Gates, Kong, Nishimoto, Ohno, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) D. Kobayashi. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-08** The committees on WLH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamane, Todd, Lowen, Tarnas, Wildberger; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Har, Thielen. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-08** The committees on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Brower, Aquino, Cullen, Hashem, Hashimoto, Woodson, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Matayoshi; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-08** The committees on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) San Buenaventura, Belatti, B. Kobayashi, Mizuno, Say, Tokioka; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Nakamura, Ward. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-11** Reported from PVM/WLH/HSG/HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 245) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2019-02-11** 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) Nakamura excused (1). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-16** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 02-21-19 12:30PM in House conference room 308.
- **2019-02-21** The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Todd. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-28** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 904), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2019-02-28** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2019-03-01** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 106). `introduction`
- **2019-03-01** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-05** Referred to PSM, WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08** The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-14-19 1:15PM in conference room 229.
- **2019-03-14** The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in PSM were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Nishihara, Wakai, Baker, Harimoto; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1379) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.
- **2019-03-22** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
- **2019-03-22** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-25-19 11:00AM in conference room 211.
- **2019-03-25** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 9 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, English, Harimoto, Inouye, K. Kahele, Moriwaki, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 4 Excused: Senator(s) Kanuha, Kidani, Riviere, Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-28** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1651) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-28** One Day Notice 03-29-19.
- **2019-03-29** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 2 (Senator(s) Fevella, Kim). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2019-03-29** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 541).
- **2019-03-29** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2019-04-16** Act 009, on 04/16/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1110). `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-16** Act 009, 04/16/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1110). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6ed839a-0da0-478b-979d-70379186d8ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).