republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2019-regular-session/hb-601.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS FROM REGISTRATION FEES."
description: "Repeals the requirement that disabled veterans be in receipt of disability retirement pay from the Armed Forces to be exempt from payment of annual motor vehicle registration fees. (SD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 601"
citation: "Hawaii HB 601 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles", "Registration Fees", "Disabled Veterans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["HASHEM", "Hashimoto", "KONG", "TAKAYAMA"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 40
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d09c1f52-4972-452f-a27b-b5b86b016631"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=601&year=2019"
source_hash: "6d68dd4c781556a6c043b00dd5143ae181599961e5a60661c418f5d11a4c22c0"
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 601 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS FROM REGISTRATION FEES.

Repeals the requirement that disabled veterans be in receipt of disability retirement pay from the Armed Forces to be exempt from payment of annual motor vehicle registration fees. (SD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB601** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB601_.HTM)
2. **HB601_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB601_HD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- The committees on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- The committees on PVM recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- HASHEM — primary (person)
- Hashimoto — primary (person)
- KONG — primary (person)
- TAKAYAMA — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-18** Pending introduction.
- **2019-01-22** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-24** Referred to PVM, TRN, FIN, referral sheet 5 `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-25** Bill scheduled to be heard by PVM on Wednesday, 01-30-19 10:30AM in House conference room 430.
- **2019-01-30** The committees on PVM recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Gates, D. Kobayashi, Kong, Nishimoto, Ohno; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) McDermott. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-05** Reported from PVM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 54) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to TRN.
- **2019-02-05** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on TRN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Say, Thielen excused (2). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Bill scheduled to be heard by TRN on Wednesday, 02-13-19 10:00AM in House conference room 423.
- **2019-02-13** The committees on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Aquino, Hashimoto, Brower, Cullen, Hashem, Matayoshi, Woodson; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) McDermott. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-15** Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 529), recommending referral to FIN.
- **2019-02-15** Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Aquino, DeCoite, Nakamura, Quinlan, Thielen excused (5).
- **2019-02-28** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 02-28-19 2:05PM in House conference room 308.
- **2019-02-28** The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Todd, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-01** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1255), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2019-03-05** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ichiyama excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2019-03-07** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 392). `introduction`
- **2019-03-07** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** Referred to PSM, WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-14-19 1:30PM in conference room 229.
- **2019-03-14** The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in PSM were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Nishihara, Wakai, Baker, Harimoto; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1374) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.
- **2019-03-22** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
- **2019-03-29** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-03-19 10:20AM in conference room 211.
- **2019-04-03** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 10 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) English, Harimoto, K. Kahele. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-05** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2043) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).
- **2019-04-05** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-09-19.
- **2019-04-09** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). 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. 761) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2019-04-11** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
- **2019-04-12** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 804).
- **2019-04-15** Senate Conferees Appointed: Nishihara Chair; K. Kahele Co-Chair; Fevella.
- **2019-04-15** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 900).
- **2019-04-26** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-11-19.
- **2019-04-30** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 880).
- **2019-04-30** House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
- **2019-04-30** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
- **2019-05-02** Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 882).
- **2019-05-01** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2019-07-05** Act 188, on 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1290). `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-05** Act 188, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1290). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d09c1f52-4972-452f-a27b-b5b86b016631`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).