republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2019-regular-session/hb-1261.md

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Bill	RELATED TO JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS.	Makes permanent the requirement that decisions in contested case hearings of the Commission on Water Resource Management, Land Use Commission, Public Utilities Commission, Hawaii Community Development Authority, and those involving conservation districts be appealed directly to the Supreme Court, with certain exceptions. Takes effect on June 30, 2019. (SD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2019 Regular Session	HB 1261	Hawaii HB 1261 (2019 Regular Session)	bill	Judicial Proceedings Contested Case Hearings Supreme Court Expedited Review	enacted	BELATTI C. LEE Nakashima SAIKI TODD YAMANE	2	35	3	2019-01-23	2019-07-09	openstates	ocd-bill/70b052cb-735b-4c97-a4f5-2d2025c3d85c	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1261&year=2019	405b6018060f749f89386822e6084ac851f5ff70eed20f221656d8c0ce1dc85c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 1261 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATED TO JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS.

Makes permanent the requirement that decisions in contested case hearings of the Commission on Water Resource Management, Land Use Commission, Public Utilities Commission, Hawaii Community Development Authority, and those involving conservation districts be appealed directly to the Supreme Court, with certain exceptions. Takes effect on June 30, 2019. (SD1)

Version chain

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

1. HB1261 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB1261_HD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–0 (pass) · upper
• The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 9–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• BELATTI — primary (person)
• C. LEE — primary (person)
• Nakashima — primary (person)
• SAIKI — primary (person)
• TODD — primary (person)
• YAMANE — 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 JUD, referral sheet 6 referral-committee
• 2019-02-05 Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Thursday, 02-07-19 2:05PM in House conference room 325.
• 2019-02-07 The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-08-19.
• 2019-02-07 Bill scheduled for decision making on Friday, 02-08-19 2:00PM in conference room 325.
• 2019-02-08 The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, San Buenaventura, Brower, Creagan, Lowen, Morikawa, Takayama, Yamane; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Say; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) McKelvey, Thielen. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-28 Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 941) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2019-02-28 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) DeCoite excused (1).
• 2019-03-05 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cabanilla Arakawa, Quinlan excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2019-03-07 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 458). introduction
• 2019-03-07 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2019-03-07 Referred to JDC, WAM. referral-committee
• 2019-03-11 The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 03-15-19 9:00AM in conference room 016.
• 2019-03-15 The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Rhoads, Gabbard, Kim; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Wakai, Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-20 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1287) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
• 2019-03-20 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
• 2019-03-29 The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-03-19 10:20AM in conference room 211.
• 2019-04-03 The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 10 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) English, Harimoto, K. Kahele. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-05 Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2006) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
• 2019-04-05 One Day Notice 04-09-19.
• 2019-04-09 Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) English, Harimoto, Ruderman, Shimabukuro. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) K. Kahele, Riviere). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2019-04-09 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 841) in amended form (SD 1).
• 2019-04-11 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
• 2019-04-12 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 804).
• 2019-04-23 Reconsideration of action taken on 04-11-19.
• 2019-04-23 Senate Conferees Appointed: K. Rhoads Chair; Keith-Agaran Co-Chair; Fevella.
• 2019-04-23 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 953).
• 2019-04-24 Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 855).
• 2019-04-24 House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
• 2019-04-24 Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Holt excused (1).
• 2019-04-25 Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 859).
• 2019-04-24 Transmitted to Governor.
• 2019-07-09 Act 213, on 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1315). executive-signature
• 2019-07-09 Act 213, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1315). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/70b052cb-735b-4c97-a4f5-2d2025c3d85c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).