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type: "Bill"
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title: "RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION."
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description: "Prohibits a merchant in the State from adopting a warranty policy that requires a purchaser to pay an additional fee to obtain a repair, replacement, or refund for goods returned pursuant to the warranty. (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 68"
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citation: "Hawaii HB 68 (2019 Regular Session)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Merchandise", "Returns", "Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices", "Warranty Policy", "Repair", "Replacement", "Refund"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["ICHIYAMA", "TAKUMI"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 37
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2019-01-17"
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last_action: "2019-07-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12540095-1e9e-4fe9-bf45-18df5f4a90a7"
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source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=68&year=2019"
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source_hash: "c2d887da8a767f22f2e36debed2938364aa79d50ab73f8595f9531d3c2c006f1"
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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 68 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION.
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Prohibits a merchant in the State from adopting a warranty policy that requires a purchaser to pay an additional fee to obtain a repair, replacement, or refund for goods returned pursuant to the warranty. (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. **HB68** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB68_.HTM)
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2. **HB68_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB68_HD1_.HTM)
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## Votes
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- The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **9–0** (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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- The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- ICHIYAMA — primary (person)
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- TAKUMI — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-17** Pending introduction.
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- **2019-01-18** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-01-22** Referred to CPC, JUD, referral sheet 2 `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-01** Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Wednesday, 02-06-19 2:00PM in House conference room 329.
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- **2019-02-06** The committee(s) on CPC recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-12-19.
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- **2019-02-08** Bill scheduled for decision making on Tuesday, 02-12-19 2:00PM in conference room 329.
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- **2019-02-12** The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Ichiyama, Aquino, Cabanilla Arakawa, Cachola, Har, Kong, Onishi, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Mizuno. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-02-15** Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 517) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JUD.
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- **2019-02-15** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD 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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- **2019-02-20** Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Friday, 02-22-19 2:05PM in House conference room 325.
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- **2019-02-22** The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until Tuesday, 02-26-19.
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- **2019-02-22** Bill scheduled for decision making on Tuesday, 02-26-19 2:00PM in conference room 325.
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- **2019-02-26** The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, San Buenaventura, Brower, McKelvey, Say, Takayama, Yamane, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Creagan, Lowen, Morikawa. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-01** Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1011), recommending passage on Third Reading.
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- **2019-03-01** 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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- **2019-03-05** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 140). `introduction`
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- **2019-03-05** 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, Ruderman, L. Thielen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 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. 1531) 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, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
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- **2019-03-27** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 535) 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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- **2019-04-12** Senate Conferees Appointed: Baker Chair; J.Keohokalole, Fevella.
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- **2019-04-12** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 898).
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- **2019-04-26** Reconsideration of action taken on 03-28-19.
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- **2019-04-30** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 878).
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- **2019-04-30** House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
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- **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).
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- **2019-05-02** Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 882).
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- **2019-05-01** Transmitted to Governor.
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- **2019-07-09** Act 194, on 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1296). `executive-signature`
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- **2019-07-09** Act 194, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1296). `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/12540095-1e9e-4fe9-bf45-18df5f4a90a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).
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