republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2019-regular-session/hb-31.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO ELECTION NOMINATION PAPERS."
description: "Amends the voter information requirements for election nomination papers and the withdrawal of a nominating voter's signature by requiring only the month and date portions of a voter's date of birth. Repeals the social security number requirements. (HB31 HD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 31"
citation: "Hawaii HB 31 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Election Nomination Papers", "Voter Information Requirements"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BROWER", "C. LEE", "CACHOLA", "HASHEM", "HOLT", "Hashimoto", "ICHIYAMA", "JOHANSON", "KONG", "MIZUNO", "MORIKAWA", "NAKASHIMA", "NISHIMOTO", "OHNO", "QUINLAN", "SAN BUENAVENTURA", "SAY", "TAKAYAMA"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-16"
last_action: "2019-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47a7979f-01cf-4ac5-a92d-d1eeeb0310bd"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=31&year=2019"
source_hash: "4ee946644660ab1641849b6f46530c027af2d8cfa457044b39a89b4e5b1344e5"
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 31 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO ELECTION NOMINATION PAPERS.

Amends the voter information requirements for election nomination papers and the withdrawal of a nominating voter's signature by requiring only the month and date portions of a voter's date of birth. Repeals the social security number requirements. (HB31 HD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB31** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB31_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BROWER — primary (person)
- C. LEE — primary (person)
- CACHOLA — primary (person)
- HASHEM — primary (person)
- HOLT — primary (person)
- Hashimoto — primary (person)
- ICHIYAMA — primary (person)
- JOHANSON — primary (person)
- KONG — primary (person)
- MIZUNO — primary (person)
- MORIKAWA — primary (person)
- NAKASHIMA — primary (person)
- NISHIMOTO — primary (person)
- OHNO — primary (person)
- QUINLAN — primary (person)
- SAN BUENAVENTURA — primary (person)
- SAY — primary (person)
- TAKAYAMA — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-16** Pending introduction.
- **2019-01-17** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-22** Referred to JUD, referral sheet 2 `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Thursday, 01-31-19 2:00PM in House conference room 325.
- **2019-01-31** The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-01-19.
- **2019-01-31** Bill scheduled for decision making on Friday, 02-01-19 2:01PM in conference room 325.
- **2019-02-01** The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, San Buenaventura, Brower, Creagan, Lowen, McKelvey, Morikawa, Takayama; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Say, Yamane, Thielen. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-14** Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 474) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2019-02-14** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Aquino, Nakamura excused (2).
- **2019-02-19** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) McKelvey, Nakamura excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2019-02-20** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 7). `introduction`
- **2019-02-20** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** Referred to JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 03-14-19 9:30AM in conference room 016.
- **2019-03-14** 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`
- **2019-04-05** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1889) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2019-04-05** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading.
- **2019-04-05** One Day Notice 04-09-19.
- **2019-04-09** Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2019-04-09** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 687).
- **2019-04-09** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2019-04-24** Act 022, on 04/23/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1123). `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-24** Act 022, 04/23/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1123). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/47a7979f-01cf-4ac5-a92d-d1eeeb0310bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).