republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2019-regular-session/hb-624.md

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Bill	RELATING TO THE STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT.	Part I: Purpose section. Part II: Establishes the strategic development programs revolving fund and transfers powers, duties, and programs of the Hawaii Strategic Development Corporation (HSDC) under Hawaii Technology Development Corporation (HTDC). Part III: Makes conforming amendments. Part IV: Repeals HSDC and transfers all duties, employees, rules, records, and equipment from HSDC to HTDC. Part V: Lowers the cap on the technology special fund and transfers unencumbered balances to the general fund. Part VI: Appropriates funds for HSDC to transfer assets and continue the strategic development programs within HTDC. (HB624 CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2019 Regular Session	HB 624	Hawaii HB 624 (2019 Regular Session)	bill	Hawaii Technology Development Corporation DBEDT Appropriation ($)	enacted	BELATTI BROWER C. LEE CULLEN HASHIMOTO LUKE MORIKAWA NAKASHIMA NISHIMOTO San Buenaventura TODD YAMASHITA	7	54	8	2019-01-18	2019-06-12	openstates	ocd-bill/cb1e19df-0024-42a5-bb45-d86b53535ed8	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=624&year=2019	626c4fbe734ff066c5cd4dfa69c62fce7d408e84818bcb0acff0d9ad80fd79fc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 624 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO THE STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT.

Part I: Purpose section. Part II: Establishes the strategic development programs revolving fund and transfers powers, duties, and programs of the Hawaii Strategic Development Corporation (HSDC) under Hawaii Technology Development Corporation (HTDC). Part III: Makes conforming amendments. Part IV: Repeals HSDC and transfers all duties, employees, rules, records, and equipment from HSDC to HTDC. Part V: Lowers the cap on the technology special fund and transfers unencumbered balances to the general fund. Part VI: Appropriates funds for HSDC to transfer assets and continue the strategic development programs within HTDC. (HB624 CD1)

Version chain

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

1. HB624 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB624_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB624_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB624_SD1 (committee substitute) — source
5. HB624_SD2 (committee substitute) — source
6. HB624_SD2_PROPOSED (committee substitute) — source
7. HB624_SD2_SFA14 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on HRE recommend(s) 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. — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• The committees on EDB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 4–0 (pass) · lower
• The committees on LHE recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on EET recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 4–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• BELATTI — primary (person)
• BROWER — primary (person)
• C. LEE — primary (person)
• CULLEN — primary (person)
• HASHIMOTO — primary (person)
• LUKE — primary (person)
• MORIKAWA — primary (person)
• NAKASHIMA — primary (person)
• NISHIMOTO — primary (person)
• San Buenaventura — primary (person)
• TODD — primary (person)
• YAMASHITA — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-18 Pending introduction.
• 2019-01-22 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
• 2019-01-24 Referred to LHE/EDB, FIN, referral sheet 5 referral-committee
• 2019-02-06 Bill scheduled to be heard by LHE/EDB on Friday, 02-08-19 2:00PM in House conference room 309.
• 2019-02-08 The committees on LHE recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, Hashem, Perruso, DeCoite, Johanson, D. Kobayashi, Tarnas, Okimoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Ohno, Quinlan, Tokioka. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-08 The committees on EDB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) McKelvey, Kitagawa, Ichiyama, Johanson, Yamashita, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Eli, Quinlan. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-14 Reported from LHE/EDB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 439) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
• 2019-02-14 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Perruso voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Aquino, Nakamura excused (2). 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. 866), recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2019-02-28 Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Har, Okimoto, Perruso, Say, Tokioka 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. 64). introduction
• 2019-03-01 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2019-03-05 Referred to TEC/HRE, WAM. referral-committee
• 2019-03-12 Re-Referred to EET/HRE, WAM.
• 2019-03-12 The committee(s) on EET/HRE has scheduled a public hearing on 03-15-19 3:15PM in conference room 414.
• 2019-03-15 The committee(s) on HRE recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HRE were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kim, K. Kahele, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Kidani, Keith-Agaran. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-15 The committee(s) on EET recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EET were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Taniguchi, J.Keohokalole, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Inouye. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-22 Reported from EET/HRE (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1401) 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.
• 2019-04-01 The committee(s) on WAM has scheduled a public hearing on 04-04-19 1:40PM in conference room 211.
• 2019-04-04 The committee(s) on WAM deferred the measure until 04-05-19 10:25AM in conference room 211.
• 2019-04-05 The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 12 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, English, Harimoto, K. Kahele, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Inouye. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-05 Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2051) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
• 2019-04-05 48 Hrs. Notice 04-09-19.
• 2019-04-09 Floor Amendment No. 14 offered.
• 2019-04-09 Floor amendment adopted as amended (SD 3). amendment-passage
• 2019-04-09 Separated Committee Report.
• 2019-04-09 Report filed.
• 2019-04-09 48 Hrs. Notice 04-11-19.
• 2019-04-11 Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 3). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) S. Chang). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2019-04-11 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 888) in amended form (SD 3).
• 2019-04-11 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
• 2019-04-12 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 805).
• 2019-04-15 House Conferees Appointed: Woodson, McKelvey, Luke Co-Chairs; Cullen, McDermott.
• 2019-04-15 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 808).
• 2019-04-18 Senate Conferees Appointed: Wakai Chair; Kim, Dela Cruz Co-Chairs; Fevella.
• 2019-04-18 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 917).
• 2019-04-24 Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-25-19 12:00PM in conference room 329.
• 2019-04-25 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-26-19 12:00PM in conference room 329.
• 2019-04-26 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, McKelvey, Luke, Cullen; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) McDermott.
• 2019-04-26 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) Wakai, Kim, Dela Cruz; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-30 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 203) as amended in (CD 1).
• 2019-04-30 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Thursday 05-02-19.
• 2019-04-30 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 203).
• 2019-04-30 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-02-19.
• 2019-05-02 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite, Nakashima, Quinlan excused (3).
• 2019-05-02 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
• 2019-05-03 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 970).
• 2019-05-03 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888).
• 2019-05-03 Transmitted to Governor.
• 2019-06-12 Act 056, on 06/07/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1157). executive-signature
• 2019-06-12 Act 056, 06/07/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1157). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cb1e19df-0024-42a5-bb45-d86b53535ed8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).