republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2019-regular-session/hb-901.md

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Bill	RELATING TO GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS.	Reduces the number of paper copies of government publications required to be deposited with the State Publications Distribution Center. Requires state and county agencies to deposit two paper copies and one electronic copy with the State Publications Distribution Center in a format as prescribed by the State Librarian. (SD2)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2019 Regular Session	HB 901	Hawaii HB 901 (2019 Regular Session)	bill	Government Publications Electronic Documents State Public Library	enacted	BELATTI CULLEN NAKASHIMA	3	41	4	2019-01-22	2019-06-12	openstates	ocd-bill/d04b2293-5754-4d4f-aaf3-db167cf8432b	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=901&year=2019	31c1092142b83f2f15b0ab06eb6355f983b138b66b8198d2e6b9242d774a7864	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 901 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS.

Reduces the number of paper copies of government publications required to be deposited with the State Publications Distribution Center. Requires state and county agencies to deposit two paper copies and one electronic copy with the State Publications Distribution Center in a format as prescribed by the State Librarian. (SD2)

Version chain

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

1. HB901 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB901_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB901_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committees on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 4–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• BELATTI — primary (person)
• CULLEN — primary (person)
• NAKASHIMA — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-22 Pending introduction.
• 2019-01-24 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
• 2019-01-28 Referred to LAB, FIN, referral sheet 6 referral-committee
• 2019-02-08 Bill scheduled to be heard by LAB on Tuesday, 02-12-19 9:20AM in House conference room 309.
• 2019-02-12 The committees on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Eli, Ichiyama, Kitagawa, McKelvey, Yamashita, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Quinlan. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-14 Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 382) 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 none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Aquino, Nakamura excused (2). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2019-02-20 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 02-22-19 12:30PM in House conference room 308.
• 2019-02-22 The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Wildberger, Yamashita; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Todd, McDermott. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-01 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 992), 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. 235). introduction
• 2019-03-05 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2019-03-05 Referred to GVO. referral-committee
• 2019-03-07 Re-Referred to GVO, WAM.
• 2019-03-11 The committee(s) on GVO has scheduled a public hearing on 03-14-19 2:45PM in conference room 225.
• 2019-03-14 The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in GVO were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) L. Thielen, Inouye, Baker, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-21 Reported from GVO (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1367) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
• 2019-03-21 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
• 2019-04-01 The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-03-19 10:25AM in conference room 211.
• 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 WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2000) 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. 795) 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: Eli, Kitagawa Co-Chairs; Matsumoto.
• 2019-04-15 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 808).
• 2019-04-15 Senate Conferees Appointed: L. Thielen Chair; Kanuha Co-Chair; Fevella.
• 2019-04-15 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 900).
• 2019-04-30 House Conferee(s) discharged.
• 2019-04-30 Reconsideration of action taken on 04-11-19.
• 2019-05-02 Received notice of discharge of conferees (Hse. Com. No. 881).
• 2019-05-02 Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 886).
• 2019-05-02 House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
• 2019-05-02 Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite, Nakashima, Quinlan excused (3).
• 2019-05-03 Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 887).
• 2019-05-03 Transmitted to Governor.
• 2019-06-12 Act 100, on 06/07/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1201). executive-signature
• 2019-06-12 Act 100, 06/07/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1201). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d04b2293-5754-4d4f-aaf3-db167cf8432b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).