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Bill RELATING TO FAMILIES. Prohibits the disability of a parent or caregiver from being the sole factor in determining fitness as a foster parent, adoptive parent, guardian, parent seeking custody or visitation, or provider of a safe family home. (CD1) us/states/hi Hawaii Legislature 2019 Regular Session SB 947 Hawaii SB 947 (2019 Regular Session)
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Hawaii SB 947 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO FAMILIES.

Prohibits the disability of a parent or caregiver from being the sole factor in determining fitness as a foster parent, adoptive parent, guardian, parent seeking custody or visitation, or provider of a safe family home. (CD1)

Version chain

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

  1. SB947 (committee substitute) — source
  2. SB947_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. SB947_HD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • The committee(s) on HMS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 50 (pass) · upper
  • The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 30 (pass) · lower
  • The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 40 (pass) · upper
  • The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 30 (pass) · upper
  • The committees on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 70 (pass) · lower
  • The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 110 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Baker — primary (person)
  • Gabbard — primary (person)
  • Kim — primary (person)
  • RIVIERE — primary (person)
  • RUDERMAN — primary (person)
  • S. Chang — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-01-18 Introduced. introduction
  • 2019-01-22 Passed First Reading. reading-1
  • 2019-01-24 Referred to HMS, JDC. referral-committee
  • 2019-02-01 The committee(s) on HMS has scheduled a public hearing on 02-04-19 3:10PM in conference room 016.
  • 2019-02-04 The committee(s) on HMS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HMS were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Ruderman, K. Rhoads, Ihara, Riviere, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-02-12 Reported from HMS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 234) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
  • 2019-02-12 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.
  • 2019-02-21 The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-26-19 9:00AM in conference room 016.
  • 2019-02-26 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, Kim; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-03-01 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1019) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
  • 2019-03-01 One Day Notice 03-05-19.
  • 2019-03-05 Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. 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. 304) in amended form (SD 1). introduction
  • 2019-03-07 Pass First Reading reading-1
  • 2019-03-07 Referred to HSH, JUD, referral sheet 27 referral-committee
  • 2019-03-12 Bill scheduled to be heard by HSH on Friday, 03-15-19 9:00AM in House conference room 329.
  • 2019-03-15 The committees on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) San Buenaventura, Nakamura, Belatti, B. Kobayashi, Mizuno, Say, Tokioka; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-03-20 Reported from HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1453) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JUD.
  • 2019-03-20 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) Belatti, Yamane excused (2). reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2019-03-27 Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Friday, 03-29-19 2:05PM in House conference room 325.
  • 2019-03-29 The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 04-02-19 at 2:00pm.
  • 2019-03-29 Bill scheduled for decision making on Tuesday, 04-02-19 2:00PM in conference room 325.
  • 2019-04-02 The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 04-03-19 2:05pm.
  • 2019-04-02 Bill scheduled for decision making on Wednesday, 04-03-19 2:05PM in conference room 325.
  • 2019-04-03 The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, San Buenaventura, Brower, Creagan, Lowen, McKelvey, Morikawa, Say, Takayama, Yamane, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-04-05 Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2133), recommending passage on Third Reading.
  • 2019-04-05 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Eli, Mizuno, Nishimoto excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. passage
  • 2019-04-09 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 677). introduction
  • 2019-04-09 Senate disagrees with House amendments.
  • 2019-04-09 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 885).
  • 2019-04-12 Senate Conferees Appointed: Ruderman Chair; K. Rhoads Co-Chair; Riviere, Fevella.
  • 2019-04-12 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 899).
  • 2019-04-15 House Conferees Appointed: San Buenaventura, C. Lee Co-Chairs; Ward.
  • 2019-04-15 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 809).
  • 2019-04-17 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-18-19 2:15PM in conference room 225.
  • 2019-04-18 The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Ruderman, K. Rhoads, Riviere; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-04-18 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) San Buenaventura, C. Lee, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
  • 2019-04-24 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 7).
  • 2019-04-24 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-26-19.
  • 2019-04-24 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 7) as amended in (CD 1).
  • 2019-04-24 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Friday, 04-26-19.
  • 2019-04-26 Deferred one day 04-30-19.
  • 2019-04-26 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.
  • 2019-04-26 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 965).
  • 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).
  • 2019-05-02 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 883).
  • 2019-05-03 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
  • 2019-07-09 Act 259, on 07/05/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1361). executive-signature
  • 2019-07-09 Act 259, 07/05/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1361). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9267f990-29c7-4f68-a46a-4f3233be75ad. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).