republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2019-regular-session/sb-991.md

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Bill	RELATING TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS.	Caps annual utility rate increases without PUC approval for counties with a population of less than 500,000. Provides telecommunications service providers with flexibility from certain regulatory oversight requirements including issuance of securities and other evidences of indebtedness, and sales or disposition of property or equipment, if the utility is providing fully competitive retail services and specific conditions are met. Specifies other requirements related to flexibility for telecommunications service providers. (CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2019 Regular Session	SB 991	Hawaii SB 991 (2019 Regular Session)	bill	Telecommunications Basic Exchange Service Pricing Flexibility Sale Lease Encumbrance of Assets Financing Affiliate Transactions Issuance of Stock	enacted	ENGLISH KEITH-AGARAN Nishihara S. Chang Taniguchi WAKAI	3	49	6	2019-01-18	2019-07-09	openstates	ocd-bill/3a7a3a22-aa30-425b-a348-a5a6c4fb69f6	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=991&year=2019	76f05daf3d24cc8bf254978d04bfc69322393781dbd104b6985802bd36fa47c7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii SB 991 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO TELECOMMUNICATIONS.

Caps annual utility rate increases without PUC approval for counties with a population of less than 500,000. Provides telecommunications service providers with flexibility from certain regulatory oversight requirements including issuance of securities and other evidences of indebtedness, and sales or disposition of property or equipment, if the utility is providing fully competitive retail services and specific conditions are met. Specifies other requirements related to flexibility for telecommunications service providers. (CD1)

Version chain

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

1. SB991 (committee substitute) — source
2. SB991_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. SB991_HD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 3–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• The committees on IAC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 8–1 (pass) · lower
• The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 2–0 (pass) · upper
• The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 14–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• ENGLISH — primary (person)
• KEITH-AGARAN — primary (person)
• Nishihara — primary (person)
• S. Chang — primary (person)
• Taniguchi — primary (person)
• WAKAI — 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 CPH. referral-committee
• 2019-02-20 The committee(s) on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 02-26-19 9:00AM in conference room 229.
• 2019-02-22 The committee(s) on CPH has rescheduled its public hearing to 02-26-19 8:30AM in conference room 229.
• 2019-02-26 The committee(s) on CPH deferred the measure until 02-27-19 10:15AM in conference room 229.
• 2019-02-27 The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPH were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, S. Chang, J.Keohokalole, L. Thielen, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Nishihara, Ruderman. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-01 Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 841) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2019-03-01 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
• 2019-03-01 48 Hrs. Notice 03-05-19.
• 2019-03-05 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. 322) in amended form (SD 1). introduction
• 2019-03-07 Pass First Reading reading-1
• 2019-03-07 Referred to IAC, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 27 referral-committee
• 2019-03-08 Bill scheduled to be heard by IAC on Tuesday, 03-12-19 10:00AM in House conference room 430.
• 2019-03-12 The committees on IAC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Ohno, D. Kobayashi, Gates, Kong, Nishimoto, Takayama, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-15 Reported from IAC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1330) 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 Representative(s) San Buenaventura 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: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Ichiyama, Aquino, Cachola, Har, Kong, Onishi, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Cabanilla Arakawa; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Mizuno. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-22 Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1587), recommending referral to FIN.
• 2019-03-22 Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) San Buenaventura, Ward voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan, Yamane excused (2).
• 2019-03-27 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 03-29-19 3:30PM in House conference room 308.
• 2019-03-29 The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.
• 2019-04-03 Bill scheduled for decision making on Thursday, 04-04-19 2:15PM in conference room 308.
• 2019-04-04 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, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Todd, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Nishimoto. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-05 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2189), recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2019-04-09 Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) San Buenaventura, Tokioka voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Ward voting no (1) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2019-04-11 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 763). introduction
• 2019-04-11 Senate disagrees with House amendments.
• 2019-04-11 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 893).
• 2019-04-22 Senate Conferees Appointed: Baker Chair; S. Chang, Fevella.
• 2019-04-22 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 951).
• 2019-04-23 House Conferees Appointed: Ohno, Takumi, Nishimoto Co-Chairs; McDermott.
• 2019-04-24 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 852).
• 2019-04-24 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-25-19 1:15PM in conference room 229.
• 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) Baker, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) S. Chang. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-25 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Ohno, Takumi, Nishimoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) McDermott.
• 2019-04-26 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 101).
• 2019-04-26 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-19.
• 2019-04-26 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 101) as amended in (CD 1).
• 2019-04-26 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-30-19.
• 2019-04-30 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) DeCoite, Tokioka 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).
• 2019-05-06 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2019-07-09 Act 229, on 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1331). executive-signature
• 2019-07-09 Act 229, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1331). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3a7a3a22-aa30-425b-a348-a5a6c4fb69f6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).