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Bill RELATING TO NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS. Prohibits a public benefits corporation from purchasing its own memberships. Clarifies functions, duties, and composition of nonprofit boards of directors. Permits boards to take action without a meeting through electronic means. Clarifies time limits for notice to the Attorney General for oversight purposes. Makes housekeeping amendments. (SD2) us/states/hi Hawaii Legislature 2019 Regular Session HB 944 Hawaii HB 944 (2019 Regular Session)
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Hawaii HB 944 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS.

Prohibits a public benefits corporation from purchasing its own memberships. Clarifies functions, duties, and composition of nonprofit boards of directors. Permits boards to take action without a meeting through electronic means. Clarifies time limits for notice to the Attorney General for oversight purposes. Makes housekeeping amendments. (SD2)

Version chain

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

  1. HB944 (committee substitute) — source
  2. HB944_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. HB944_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 70 (pass) · lower
  • The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 30 (pass) · upper
  • 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

  • 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 CPC, JUD, referral sheet 6 referral-committee
  • 2019-01-29 Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Friday, 02-01-19 2:00PM in House conference room 329.
  • 2019-02-01 The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Ichiyama, Cachola, Har, Kong, Onishi, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Aquino, Belatti, Cabanilla Arakawa, Mizuno. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-02-07 Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 140) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JUD.
  • 2019-02-07 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) Nakamura, Thielen excused (2). 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
  • 2019-02-28 Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 894), recommending passage on Third Reading.
  • 2019-02-28 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. passage
  • 2019-03-01 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 87). introduction
  • 2019-03-01 Passed First Reading. reading-1
  • 2019-03-05 Referred to CPH, JDC. 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
  • 2019-03-21 Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1310) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
  • 2019-03-21 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.
  • 2019-03-22 The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-28-19 9:45AM in conference room 016.
  • 2019-03-28 The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Rhoads, Gabbard, Kim; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Wakai, Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-04-05 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1908) 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. 804) 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).
  • 2019-04-18 Senate Conferees Appointed: Baker Chair; K. Rhoads Co-Chair; Fevella.
  • 2019-04-18 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 917).
  • 2019-04-24 Reconsideration of action taken on 04-11-19.
  • 2019-04-25 Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 862).
  • 2019-04-25 House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
  • 2019-04-25 Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cachola, Thielen excused (2).
  • 2019-04-26 Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 871).
  • 2019-04-26 Transmitted to Governor.
  • 2019-06-12 Act 065, on 06/07/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1166). executive-signature
  • 2019-06-12 Act 065, 06/07/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1166). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/adfda593-d64d-4355-b2b9-bfd5efc99237. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).