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Bill	RELATING TO EMPLOYEE'S DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY FORM.	Allows an employee's designation of beneficiary form to be kept in the department where the employee is employed. Permits the designation of beneficiary information to be filed and maintained electronically. (HB941 CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2019 Regular Session	HB 941	Hawaii HB 941 (2019 Regular Session)	bill	Employee's Designation of Beneficiary Form Public Employment	enacted	SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party)	3	41	5	2019-01-22	2019-06-12	openstates	ocd-bill/7fcee805-10d1-48ce-ab1a-d828039d6fb4	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=941&year=2019	9c5d54b1dccf9f2b9b04232e161db28d959f2d216b3e954bf4beceb7a0e5d425	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 941 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO EMPLOYEE'S DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY FORM.

Allows an employee's designation of beneficiary form to be kept in the department where the employee is employed. Permits the designation of beneficiary information to be filed and maintained electronically. (HB941 CD1)

Version chain

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

1. HB941 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB941_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB941_HD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committees on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 2–0 (pass) · upper
• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 2–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on LCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 4–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) — 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 , 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
• 2019-02-28 Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 936) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2019-02-28 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite excused (1).
• 2019-03-05 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cabanilla Arakawa, Quinlan excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2019-03-07 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 430). introduction
• 2019-03-07 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2019-03-07 Referred to LCA, JDC. referral-committee
• 2019-03-11 The committee(s) on LCA has scheduled a public hearing on 03-14-19 3:00PM in conference room 224.
• 2019-03-14 The committee(s) on LCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in LCA were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Taniguchi, Ihara, S. Chang, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-22 Reported from LCA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1505) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
• 2019-03-22 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.
• 2019-03-25 The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-29-19 9:30AM in conference room 016.
• 2019-03-29 The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Rhoads, Wakai, Gabbard, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Kim. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-04 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1858) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
• 2019-04-04 One Day Notice 04-05-19.
• 2019-04-05 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2019-04-05 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 680) in amended form (SD 1).
• 2019-04-09 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
• 2019-04-11 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 719).
• 2019-04-17 House Conferees Appointed: Johanson Chair; Kitagawa, Matsumoto.
• 2019-04-18 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 814).
• 2019-04-23 Senate Conferees Appointed: Taniguchi Chair; K. Rhoads Co-Chair; Fevella.
• 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 2:00PM in conference room 423.
• 2019-04-25 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 2 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kitagawa.
• 2019-04-25 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; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) K. Rhoads ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-25 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 54) as amended in (CD 1).
• 2019-04-25 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-30-19.
• 2019-04-25 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 54).
• 2019-04-25 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; none voting no (0) 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.
• 2019-06-12 Act 064, on 06/07/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1165). executive-signature
• 2019-06-12 Act 064, 06/07/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1165). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7fcee805-10d1-48ce-ab1a-d828039d6fb4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).