republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2019-regular-session/sb-1378.md

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Bill	RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.	Clarifies that owners of chassis used for transporting shipping containers are exempt from the requirement to keep a certificate of registration within the chassis. Authorizes these businesses to keep the original certificate of registration, motor vehicle identification card, certificate of insurance, and certificate of inspection at their principal place of business within the State and specifies that it is not a requirement to keep the original or copy of these documents on the chassis. (SB1378 HD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2019 Regular Session	SB 1378	Hawaii SB 1378 (2019 Regular Session)	bill	Certificates Registration Ownership Chassis Containers	enacted	Baker Dela Cruz English INOUYE KIDANI Kanuha Nishihara Shimabukuro	2	40	5	2019-01-24	2019-04-29	openstates	ocd-bill/ca5cd115-6f3a-4e4b-b8ae-a140d4c79e74	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1378&year=2019	4d8c0a19f549b4ad0a0d3917b8920488c2f79828b724716d796bef97529ebf64	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii SB 1378 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.

Clarifies that owners of chassis used for transporting shipping containers are exempt from the requirement to keep a certificate of registration within the chassis. Authorizes these businesses to keep the original certificate of registration, motor vehicle identification card, certificate of insurance, and certificate of inspection at their principal place of business within the State and specifies that it is not a requirement to keep the original or copy of these documents on the chassis. (SB1378 HD1)

Version chain

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

1. SB1378 (committee substitute) — source
2. SB1378_HD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committee(s) on TRS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• The committees on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 14–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Baker — primary (person)
• Dela Cruz — primary (person)
• English — primary (person)
• INOUYE — primary (person)
• KIDANI — primary (person)
• Kanuha — primary (person)
• Nishihara — primary (person)
• Shimabukuro — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-24 Introduced. introduction
• 2019-01-24 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2019-01-28 Referred to TRS, CPH. referral-committee
• 2019-02-01 The committee(s) on TRS has scheduled a public hearing on 02-06-19 1:15PM in conference room 225.
• 2019-02-06 The committee(s) on TRS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in TRS were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Harimoto, English, Shimabukuro, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-13 Reported from TRS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 269) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to CPH.
• 2019-02-13 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to CPH.
• 2019-02-20 The committee(s) on CPH will hold a public decision making on 02-26-19 9:30AM in conference room 229.
• 2019-02-22 The committee on CPH has rescheduled its decision making to 02-26-19 9:00AM in conference room 229.
• 2019-02-26 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, L. Thielen, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Ruderman. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-01 Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 991) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).
• 2019-03-01 48 Hrs. Notice 03-05-19.
• 2019-03-05 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Harimoto). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2019-03-05 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 465) in amended form (SD 1). introduction
• 2019-03-07 Pass First Reading reading-1
• 2019-03-07 Referred to TRN, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 27 referral-committee
• 2019-03-11 Bill scheduled to be heard by TRN on Wednesday, 03-13-19 10:00AM in House conference room 423.
• 2019-03-13 The committees on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Aquino, Hashimoto, Brower, Cullen, Hashem, Matayoshi, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Woodson. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-15 Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1332) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
• 2019-03-15 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) McKelvey, Nakamura, Quinlan, Takumi excused (4). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2019-03-15 Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Tuesday, 03-19-19 2:00PM in House conference room 329.
• 2019-03-19 The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Ichiyama, Aquino, Cabanilla Arakawa, Cachola, Har, Kong, Onishi, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Mizuno. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-22 Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1586), recommending referral to FIN.
• 2019-03-22 Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan, Yamane excused (2).
• 2019-03-25 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 03-27-19 2:00PM in House conference room 308.
• 2019-03-27 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, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Todd, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Holt. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-03 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1983), recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2019-04-03 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2019-04-04 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 567). introduction
• 2019-04-04 Deferred One Day 04-05-19.
• 2019-04-05 Senate disagrees with House amendments.
• 2019-04-05 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 685).
• 2019-04-11 Reconsideration of action taken on 04-05-19 in disagreeing to the House amendments.
• 2019-04-11 Senate agrees with House amendments. Placed on the calendar for Final Reading on 04-12-19.
• 2019-04-11 One Day Notice 04-12-19.
• 2019-04-12 Passed Final Reading. Ayes, 20; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 5 Excused: Senator(s) S. Chang, Harimoto, Ihara, Kidani, L. Thielen.
• 2019-04-12 Received notice of reconsideration, Senate agreement, and Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 897).
• 2019-04-12 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2019-04-29 Act 031, on 04/26/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1132). executive-signature
• 2019-04-29 Act 031, 04/26/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1132). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ca5cd115-6f3a-4e4b-b8ae-a140d4c79e74. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).