republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2018-regular-session/hb-1654.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUNDS."
description: "Abolishes the office of community services special fund of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations and transfers unencumbered balance to the general fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2018 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 1654"
citation: "Hawaii HB 1654 (2018 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Repeal of Non-General Funds", "DLIR", "Transfer of Balance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["CULLEN", "LUKE"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44e418ae-9196-4612-975e-ea340c4fb5ed"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1654&year=2018"
source_hash: "c4ca5cbf7a40838f64ab3515558425a44f69f343fad12b0dc39a8597f1574458"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-hi"]
---

# Hawaii HB 1654 (2018 Regular Session) — RELATING TO NON-GENERAL FUNDS.

Abolishes the office of community services special fund of the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations and transfers unencumbered balance to the general fund.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB1654** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/HB1654_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- The committees on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on LBR recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **3–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- CULLEN — primary (person)
- LUKE — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-11** Prefiled.
- **2018-01-17** Introduced and Pass First Reading `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-17** Referred to LAB, FIN, referral sheet 3 `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25** Bill scheduled to be heard by LAB on Tuesday, 01-30-18 9:30AM in House conference room 309.
- **2018-01-30** The committees on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Holt, Evans, Ichiyama, Keohokalole, Yamashita, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-06** Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 71-18), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2018-02-06** Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Har, Kong, Souki excused (3). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-16** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 02-21-18 2:00PM in House conference room 308.
- **2018-02-21** The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Cachola, DeCoite, Fukumoto, Gates, Holt, Kobayashi, Lowen, Nakamura, Todd, Yamashita, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Keohokalole, Tupola. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-01** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 827-18), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2018-03-01** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) McKelvey, Yamane excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2018-03-02** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 50). `introduction`
- **2018-03-02** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-03-06** Referred to LBR, WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-09** The committee(s) on LBR has scheduled a public hearing on 03-13-18 3:00PM in conference room 229.
- **2018-03-13** The committee(s) on LBR recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in LBR were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Tokuda, S. Chang, Taniguchi; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) English, Ihara. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** Reported from LBR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2983) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.
- **2018-03-21** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
- **2018-03-29** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-04-18 10:30AM in conference room 211.
- **2018-04-04** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 11 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, English, Galuteria, Harimoto, Inouye, K. Kahele, Kidani, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-06** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3672) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
- **2018-04-06** One Day Notice 04-10-18.
- **2018-04-10** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Harimoto). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2018-04-10** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 576).
- **2018-04-10** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2018-04-24** Act 006, on 04/24/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1106). `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-24** Act 006, 04/24/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1106). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/44e418ae-9196-4612-975e-ea340c4fb5ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).