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Bill	RELATING TO WAGES.	Amends the "public work" definition under Chapter 104, HRS, wages and hours of employees on public works law, to include projects for which funds or resources used are to any extent derived from State or county public revenues, or from the sale of securities or bonds whose interest or dividends are exempt from state or federal taxes. (HB34 CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2019 Regular Session	HB 34	Hawaii HB 34 (2019 Regular Session)	bill	Public Works Wages and Hours Employees	enacted	ELI JOHANSON KITAGAWA MCKELVEY YAMASHITA	3	45	6	2019-01-16	2019-07-09	openstates	ocd-bill/2f3549ec-6e7f-4666-949a-2808034d65fa	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=34&year=2019	4c4115720d08babc95947a6c135be98041c017c9cbfb6e0f14feb04079a247f6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 34 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO WAGES.

Amends the "public work" definition under Chapter 104, HRS, wages and hours of employees on public works law, to include projects for which funds or resources used are to any extent derived from State or county public revenues, or from the sale of securities or bonds whose interest or dividends are exempt from state or federal taxes. (HB34 CD1)

Version chain

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

1. HB34 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB34_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB34_HD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committees on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 2–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on LCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–0 (pass) · upper
• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 4–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• ELI — primary (person)
• JOHANSON — primary (person)
• KITAGAWA — primary (person)
• MCKELVEY — primary (person)
• YAMASHITA — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-16 Pending introduction.
• 2019-01-17 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
• 2019-01-22 Referred to LAB, FIN, referral sheet 2 referral-committee
• 2019-01-24 Bill scheduled to be heard by LAB on Tuesday, 01-29-19 9:00AM in House conference room 309.
• 2019-01-29 The committees on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Eli, Ichiyama, Kitagawa, McKelvey, Quinlan, Yamashita, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-04 Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 18) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
• 2019-02-04 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) Quinlan, Say, Thielen, Tokioka excused (4). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2019-02-25 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 02-27-19 11:00AM in House conference room 308.
• 2019-02-27 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, Todd, Wildberger, Yamashita; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) McDermott. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-01 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1111), recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2019-03-01 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2019-03-05 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 138). introduction
• 2019-03-05 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2019-03-05 Referred to LCA, WAM. referral-committee
• 2019-03-15 The committee(s) on LCA has scheduled a public hearing on 03-19-19 3:00PM in conference room 224.
• 2019-03-19 The committee(s) on LCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in LCA were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Taniguchi, Ihara, S. Chang; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard, Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-22 Reported from LCA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1509) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
• 2019-03-22 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
• 2019-03-22 The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-28-19 10:15AM in conference room 211.
• 2019-03-28 The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 12 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, English, Harimoto, Inouye, K. Kahele, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Riviere, Taniguchi, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Shimabukuro. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-05 Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1910) 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, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2019-04-09 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 693) 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).
• 2019-04-15 House Conferees Appointed: Johanson, Eli Co-Chairs; Quinlan, Matsumoto.
• 2019-04-15 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 808).
• 2019-04-23 Senate Conferees Appointed: Taniguchi Chair; Keith-Agaran Co-Chair; Ihara.
• 2019-04-23 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 953).
• 2019-04-24 Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-25-19 10:30AM in conference room 423.
• 2019-04-25 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-26-19 10:00AM in conference room 423.
• 2019-04-26 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Eli, Quinlan, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
• 2019-04-26 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) Taniguchi, Keith-Agaran; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Ihara. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-26 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 182) 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. 182).
• 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; Representative(s) Say voting no (1) 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 191, on 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1293). executive-signature
• 2019-07-09 Act 191, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1293). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2f3549ec-6e7f-4666-949a-2808034d65fa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).