republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2019-regular-session/hb-703.md

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Bill	RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR.	Amends the sentencing requirements for OVUII and HOVUII offenses. Amends the threshold for HOVUII offenses. Requires the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to convene a task force to examine and propose legislation that would allow the courts, under certain circumstances, to prohibit a person convicted of OVUII or HOVUII from purchasing or publicly consuming alcohol for a probation period. (HB703 CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2019 Regular Session	HB 703	Hawaii HB 703 (2019 Regular Session)	bill	Intoxicating Liquor Operating a Vehicle Under the Influence	enacted	C. LEE HAR MIZUNO McDermott Wildberger	5	47	8	2019-01-18	2019-07-03	openstates	ocd-bill/4ccc5603-48f4-440d-bde3-ac1dcccfe322	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=703&year=2019	4d4921f9a6f12a90c9d79f772ec4f5122564e14f82c8ce5748dd89c2e61de81a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 703 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQUOR.

Amends the sentencing requirements for OVUII and HOVUII offenses. Amends the threshold for HOVUII offenses. Requires the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to convene a task force to examine and propose legislation that would allow the courts, under certain circumstances, to prohibit a person convicted of OVUII or HOVUII from purchasing or publicly consuming alcohol for a probation period. (HB703 CD1)

Version chain

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

1. HB703 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB703_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB703_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB703_HD1_PROPOSED (committee substitute) — source
5. HB703_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 9–0 (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. — 3–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on TRS 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. — 10–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• C. LEE — primary (person)
• HAR — primary (person)
• MIZUNO — primary (person)
• McDermott — primary (person)
• Wildberger — 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 JUD, FIN, referral sheet 5 referral-committee
• 2019-02-05 Proposed draft of Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Thursday, 02-07-19 2:05PM in House conference room 325. Copy of proposed draft available at www.capitol.hawaii.gov.
• 2019-02-07 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, McKelvey, Morikawa, Say, Takayama; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Yamane, Thielen. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-15 Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 756) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
• 2019-02-15 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) Aquino, DeCoite, Nakamura, Quinlan, Thielen excused (5). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2019-02-16 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 02-21-19 1:30PM 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
• 2019-03-01 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 967), 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. 212). introduction
• 2019-03-05 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2019-03-05 Referred to TRS/PSM, JDC/WAM. referral-committee
• 2019-03-14 The committee(s) on TRS/PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-18-19 1:00PM in conference room 225.
• 2019-03-18 The committee(s) on TRS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in TRS were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Shimabukuro, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Harimoto, English. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-18 The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in PSM were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Nishihara, Wakai, Baker, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Harimoto. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-22 Reported from TRS/PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1433) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC/WAM.
• 2019-03-22 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC/WAM.
• 2019-03-29 The committee(s) on JDC/WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-03-19 10:00AM in conference room 211.
• 2019-04-03 The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Rhoads, Wakai, Gabbard, Kim, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-03 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, 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 JDC/WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1963) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
• 2019-04-05 48 Hrs. Notice 04-09-19.
• 2019-04-09 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). 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. 772) in amended form (SD 2).
• 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: C. Lee, Eli Co-Chairs; Thielen.
• 2019-04-15 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 808).
• 2019-04-22 Senate Conferees Appointed: Inouye Chair; Nishihara, K. Rhoads, K. Kahele Co-Chairs; Fevella.
• 2019-04-22 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 950).
• 2019-04-23 Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Wednesday, 04-24-19 3:45PM in conference room 325.
• 2019-04-24 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-25-19 11:30AM in conference room 325.
• 2019-04-25 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, Eli, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
• 2019-04-25 The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Nishihara, K. Rhoads, K. Kahele, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-26 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 77) 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. 77).
• 2019-04-26 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-19.
• 2019-04-30 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
• 2019-04-30 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
• 2019-05-01 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.
• 2019-07-03 Act 169, on 06/27/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1271). executive-signature
• 2019-07-03 Act 169, 06/27/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1271). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4ccc5603-48f4-440d-bde3-ac1dcccfe322. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).