republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2019-regular-session/hb-120.md

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Bill	RELATING TO STATE BONDS.	Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds. Makes findings required by Article VII, Section 13, of the State Constitution to declare that the issuance of authorized bonds will not cause the debt limit to be exceeded. (HB120 CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2019 Regular Session	HB 120	Hawaii HB 120 (2019 Regular Session)	bill	State Bonds State Budget	enacted	CULLEN LUKE	2	38	4	2019-01-17	2019-07-09	openstates	ocd-bill/6f294204-107c-48ca-9246-fea1e5ac682d	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=120&year=2019	98033c8f1b848ad0d84096670177432694c88668a55b2ebb637cf7d86c8a8195	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 120 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO STATE BONDS.

Authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds. Makes findings required by Article VII, Section 13, of the State Constitution to declare that the issuance of authorized bonds will not cause the debt limit to be exceeded. (HB120 CD1)

Version chain

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

1. HB120 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB120_CD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 4–0 (pass) · lower
• The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 14–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• CULLEN — primary (person)
• LUKE — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-17 Pending introduction.
• 2019-01-18 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
• 2019-01-22 Referred to FIN, referral sheet 2 referral-committee
• 2019-02-04 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 02-06-19 2:00PM in House conference room 308.
• 2019-02-06 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, Nishimoto, Todd, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Nakamura. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-20 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 797), recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2019-02-20 Passed Second Reading; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Mizuno, Nakamura, Onishi excused (3).
• 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. 13). introduction
• 2019-03-01 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2019-03-05 Referred to WAM. referral-committee
• 2019-03-25 The committee(s) on WAM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-29-19 10:00AM in conference room 211.
• 2019-03-29 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) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, English, Harimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Moriwaki, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) K. Kahele, Kidani, Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-02 Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1733) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2019-04-02 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
• 2019-04-02 48 Hrs. Notice 04-04-19.
• 2019-04-04 Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 3 (Senator(s) Keith-Agaran, Kidani, Ruderman). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2019-04-04 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 651) in amended form (SD 1).
• 2019-04-05 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
• 2019-04-09 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 638).
• 2019-04-15 House Conferees Appointed: Luke Chair; Cullen, Yamashita, McDermott.
• 2019-04-15 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 808).
• 2019-04-15 Senate Conferees Appointed: Dela Cruz Chair; Keith-Agaran Co-Chair; Fevella.
• 2019-04-15 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 900).
• 2019-04-23 Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-25-19 2:00PM in conference room 309.
• 2019-04-25 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) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-25 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
• 2019-04-26 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 131) as amended in (CD 1).
• 2019-04-26 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-30-19.
• 2019-04-26 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 131).
• 2019-04-26 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-19.
• 2019-04-30 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
• 2019-04-30 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
• 2019-05-01 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 968).
• 2019-05-02 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 883).
• 2019-05-01 Transmitted to Governor.
• 2019-07-09 Act 249, on 07/05/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1351). executive-signature
• 2019-07-09 Act 249, 07/05/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1351). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6f294204-107c-48ca-9246-fea1e5ac682d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).