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Bill RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION. Prohibits a merchant in the State from adopting a warranty policy that requires a purchaser to pay an additional fee to obtain a repair, replacement, or refund for goods returned pursuant to the warranty. (SD1) us/states/hi Hawaii Legislature 2019 Regular Session HB 68 Hawaii HB 68 (2019 Regular Session)
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Hawaii HB 68 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION.

Prohibits a merchant in the State from adopting a warranty policy that requires a purchaser to pay an additional fee to obtain a repair, replacement, or refund for goods returned pursuant to the warranty. (SD1)

Version chain

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

  1. HB68 (committee substitute) — source
  2. HB68_HD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 90 (pass) · lower
  • The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 60 (pass) · upper
  • The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 80 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • ICHIYAMA — primary (person)
  • TAKUMI — 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 CPC, JUD, referral sheet 2 referral-committee
  • 2019-02-01 Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Wednesday, 02-06-19 2:00PM in House conference room 329.
  • 2019-02-06 The committee(s) on CPC recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-12-19.
  • 2019-02-08 Bill scheduled for decision making on Tuesday, 02-12-19 2:00PM in conference room 329.
  • 2019-02-12 The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Ichiyama, Aquino, Cabanilla Arakawa, Cachola, Har, Kong, Onishi, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Mizuno. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-02-15 Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 517) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JUD.
  • 2019-02-15 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Aquino, DeCoite, Nakamura, Quinlan, Thielen excused (5). reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2019-02-20 Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Friday, 02-22-19 2:05PM in House conference room 325.
  • 2019-02-22 The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until Tuesday, 02-26-19.
  • 2019-02-22 Bill scheduled for decision making on Tuesday, 02-26-19 2:00PM in conference room 325.
  • 2019-02-26 The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, San Buenaventura, Brower, McKelvey, Say, Takayama, Yamane, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Creagan, Lowen, Morikawa. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-03-01 Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1011), 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. 140). introduction
  • 2019-03-05 Passed First Reading. reading-1
  • 2019-03-05 Referred to CPH. referral-committee
  • 2019-03-08 The committee(s) on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 03-12-19 9:00AM in conference room 229.
  • 2019-03-12 The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPH were as follows: 6 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, S. Chang, J.Keohokalole, Nishihara, Ruderman, L. Thielen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-03-25 Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1531) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
  • 2019-03-25 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
  • 2019-03-25 48 Hrs. Notice 03-27-19.
  • 2019-03-27 Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
  • 2019-03-27 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 535) in amended form (SD 1).
  • 2019-03-28 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
  • 2019-03-29 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 515).
  • 2019-04-12 Senate Conferees Appointed: Baker Chair; J.Keohokalole, Fevella.
  • 2019-04-12 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 898).
  • 2019-04-26 Reconsideration of action taken on 03-28-19.
  • 2019-04-30 Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 878).
  • 2019-04-30 House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
  • 2019-04-30 Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
  • 2019-05-02 Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 882).
  • 2019-05-01 Transmitted to Governor.
  • 2019-07-09 Act 194, on 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1296). executive-signature
  • 2019-07-09 Act 194, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1296). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/12540095-1e9e-4fe9-bf45-18df5f4a90a7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).