republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2020-regular-session/hb-1819.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	RELATING TO HEMP.	Legalizes the growth of hemp in the State through the United States Department of Agriculture hemp production program. Allows the processing and sale of hemp products in the State through State licensing. Expedites the substitution of the USDA hemp production program for the existing industrial hemp pilot program as required by federal law. (SD3)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2020 Regular Session	HB 1819	Hawaii HB 1819 (2020 Regular Session)	bill	Hemp Agriculture	enacted	C. LEE CREAGAN MORIKAWA NAKASHIMA SAIKI THIELEN	9	52	7	2020-01-16	2020-08-28	openstates	ocd-bill/404feb48-2a31-4211-b851-48a25841a768	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1819&year=2020	db6a40d7b9d68c66b79e8cfb493ca085d61c28002b5da40d88c079703549b69f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 1819 (2020 Regular Session) — RELATING TO HEMP.

Legalizes the growth of hemp in the State through the United States Department of Agriculture hemp production program. Allows the processing and sale of hemp products in the State through State licensing. Expedites the substitution of the USDA hemp production program for the existing industrial hemp pilot program as required by federal law. (SD3)

Version chain

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

1. HB1819 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB1819_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB1819_HD2 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB1819_SD1 (committee substitute) — source
5. HB1819_SD1_06-24-20_PROPOSED (committee substitute) — source
6. HB1819_SD1_PROPOSED (committee substitute) — source
7. HB1819_SD2 (committee substitute) — source
8. HB1819_SD2_SFA12 (committee substitute) — source
9. HB1819_SD3 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• The committees on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 5–1 (pass) · lower
• The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 12–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• C. LEE — primary (person)
• CREAGAN — primary (person)
• MORIKAWA — primary (person)
• NAKASHIMA — primary (person)
• SAIKI — primary (person)
• THIELEN — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-16 Pending introduction.
• 2020-01-17 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
• 2020-01-21 Referred to AGR, JUD, FIN, referral sheet 2 referral-committee
• 2020-01-28 Bill scheduled to be heard by AGR on Friday, 01-31-20 8:30AM in House conference room 312.
• 2020-01-31 The committee(s) on AGR recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-05-20 at 8:30 AM.
• 2020-02-03 Bill scheduled for decision making on Wednesday, 02-05-20 8:30AM in conference room 312.
• 2020-02-05 The committees on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Creagan, DeCoite, Cachola, Perruso, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Onishi; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cabanilla Arakawa, Holt. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-07 Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 185-20) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JUD.
• 2020-02-07 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with Representative(s) DeCoite voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Onishi voting no (1) and Representative(s) McDermott, Yamashita excused (2). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2020-02-07 Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Tuesday, 02-11-20 2:05PM in House conference room 325.
• 2020-02-11 The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until Wednesday, 02-12-20 at 2:15 PM.
• 2020-02-11 Bill scheduled for decision making on Wednesday, 02-12-20 2:15PM in conference room 325.
• 2020-02-12 The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 12 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, San Buenaventura, Brower, Creagan, Lowen, McKelvey, Nakashima, Perruso, Takayama, Yamane, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Say; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-14 Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 622-20) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
• 2020-02-14 Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Holt, Takayama excused (2).
• 2020-02-14 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 02-19-20 4:00PM in House conference room 308.
• 2020-02-19 The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 12 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Gates, Hashimoto, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Todd, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Eli, Nakamura, Nishimoto. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-27 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 688-20), recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2020-02-27 Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) DeCoite, Har, Tokioka voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cabanilla Arakawa, Kong excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2020-02-28 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 27). introduction
• 2020-02-28 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2020-03-03 Referred to AEN/HRE, JDC/WAM. referral-committee
• 2020-03-06 Re-Referred to AEN, JDC/WAM.
• 2020-03-13 The committee(s) on AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-18-20 1:20PM in conference room 224.
• 2020-03-16 The hearing on this measure has been cancelled until further notice.
• 2020-06-22 Re-Referred to AEN/CPH, JDC/WAM.
• 2020-06-22 The committee(s) on AEN/CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 06-24-20 1:30PM in conference room 224.
• 2020-06-24 The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in AEN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Ruderman, K. Rhoads, L. Thielen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-24 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, Nishihara, Ruderman, L. Thielen, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-26 Reported from AEN/CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3678) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC/WAM.
• 2020-06-26 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC/WAM.
• 2020-06-29 The committee(s) on JDC/WAM has scheduled a public hearing on 07-02-20 10:00AM in conference room Auditorium.
• 2020-07-02 The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Rhoads, J.Keohokalole, Gabbard, Kim, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-07-02 The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 12 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, English, K. Kahele, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Inouye ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-07-02 Reported from JDC/WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3776) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
• 2020-07-02 48 Hrs. Notice 07-06-20.
• 2020-07-06 Floor Amendment No. 12 offered.
• 2020-07-06 Floor amendment adopted as amended (SD 3). amendment-passage
• 2020-07-06 Separated Committee Report.
• 2020-07-06 Report filed.
• 2020-07-06 One Day Notice 07-08-20.
• 2020-07-08 Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 3). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Ihara, Nishihara, L. Thielen . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2020-07-08 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 615) in amended form (SD 3).
• 2020-07-08 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
• 2020-07-08 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 418).
• 2020-07-10 Reconsideration of action taken on 07-08-20.
• 2020-07-10 House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
• 2020-07-10 Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 3 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Har, Ohno excused (2).
• 2020-07-10 Received notice of House reconsideration; agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 424).
• 2020-07-10 Transmitted to Governor.
• 2020-08-28 Act 014, 08/27/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1118). executive-signature
• 2020-08-28 Act 014, on 08/27/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1118). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/404feb48-2a31-4211-b851-48a25841a768. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).