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type: "Bill"
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title: "RELATING TO GIFT CERTIFICATES."
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description: "Requires a certificate issuer to redeem the remaining value of a gift certificate for cash if the gift certificate has a balance of less than $5. Takes effect 1/1/2020. (SD1)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
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legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
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session: "2019 Regular Session"
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identifier: "HB 314"
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citation: "Hawaii HB 314 (2019 Regular Session)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Gift Certificates", "Cash Redemption"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["AQUINO", "D. KOBAYASHI", "ELI", "HASHIMOTO", "ICHIYAMA", "JOHANSON", "KITAGAWA", "MATAYOSHI", "TARNAS"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2019-01-18"
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last_action: "2019-07-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/745a29a2-d188-4f14-9bc6-58b70554acbf"
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source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=314&year=2019"
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source_hash: "38bdd6e85e70e3f086a28a1ea0abf923924a1b69d195d86a05467f3aa6b19603"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-hi"]
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---
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# Hawaii HB 314 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO GIFT CERTIFICATES.
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Requires a certificate issuer to redeem the remaining value of a gift certificate for cash if the gift certificate has a balance of less than $5. Takes effect 1/1/2020. (SD1)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB314** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB314_.HTM)
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2. **HB314_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB314_HD1_.HTM)
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## Votes
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- The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- The committees on EDB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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- The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- AQUINO — primary (person)
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- D. KOBAYASHI — primary (person)
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- ELI — primary (person)
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- HASHIMOTO — primary (person)
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- ICHIYAMA — primary (person)
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- JOHANSON — primary (person)
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- KITAGAWA — primary (person)
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- MATAYOSHI — primary (person)
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- TARNAS — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-18** Pending introduction.
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- **2019-01-22** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-01-22** Referred to EDB, CPC, referral sheet 3 `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-25** Bill scheduled to be heard by EDB on Wednesday, 01-30-19 10:00AM in House conference room 309.
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- **2019-01-30** The committee(s) on EDB recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-01-19 10:00AM.
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- **2019-01-30** Bill scheduled for decision making on Friday, 02-01-19 10:00AM in conference room 309.
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- **2019-02-01** The committees on EDB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) McKelvey, Kitagawa, Eli, Johanson, Yamashita, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Quinlan. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-02-15** Reported from EDB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 656) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
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- **2019-02-15** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Aquino, DeCoite, Nakamura, Quinlan, Thielen excused (5). `reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-15** Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Wednesday, 02-20-19 2:00PM in House conference room 329.
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- **2019-02-20** The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Ichiyama, Aquino, Belatti, Cachola, Har, Kong; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Matsumoto; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Cabanilla Arakawa, Mizuno, Onishi. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-02-28** Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 873), recommending passage on Third Reading.
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- **2019-02-28** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
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- **2019-03-01** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 30). `introduction`
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- **2019-03-01** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
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- **2019-03-05** Referred to CPH. `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-08** The committee(s) on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 03-12-19 9:00AM in conference room 229.
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- **2019-03-12** 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, J.Keohokalole, Nishihara, L. Thielen; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Ruderman ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-25** Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1532) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
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- **2019-03-25** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
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- **2019-03-25** 48 Hrs. Notice 03-27-19.
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- **2019-03-27** Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Ihara, Moriwaki, Riviere, L. Thielen . Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Harimoto, Ruderman). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
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- **2019-03-27** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 536) in amended form (SD 1).
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- **2019-03-28** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
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- **2019-03-29** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 515).
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- **2019-04-18** Senate Conferees Appointed: Baker Chair; S. Chang, Fevella.
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- **2019-04-18** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 917).
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- **2019-04-30** Reconsideration of action taken on 03-28-19.
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- **2019-05-02** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 885).
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- **2019-05-02** House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
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- **2019-05-02** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite, Nakashima, Quinlan excused (3).
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- **2019-05-03** Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 887).
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- **2019-05-03** Transmitted to Governor.
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- **2019-07-09** Act 236, on 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1338). `executive-signature`
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- **2019-07-09** Act 236, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1338). `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/745a29a2-d188-4f14-9bc6-58b70554acbf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).
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