republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2019-regular-session/hb-903.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY."
description: "Requires the Judiciary to establish a financial hardship task force. (HB903 CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 903"
citation: "Hawaii HB 903 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Judiciary", "Task Force", "Financial Hardship"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. KOBAYASHI", "BROWER", "Belatti", "CACHOLA", "GATES", "HASHEM", "HOLT", "Kitagawa", "LOWEN", "MCKELVEY", "MIZUNO", "NAKASHIMA", "ONISHI", "SAN BUENAVENTURA", "TAKAYAMA", "TAKUMI", "TARNAS", "TODD", "Yamashita"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 52
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7f609f8-f8ab-43da-b2c2-b5ffe773f3cd"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=903&year=2019"
source_hash: "d97b9b8885521d21f2bb49ed46da3e9d1d2f7b57088acaa238095b0cf0d9477c"
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 903 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY.

Requires the Judiciary to establish a financial hardship task force. (HB903 CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB903** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB903_.HTM)
2. **HB903_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB903_CD1_.HTM)
3. **HB903_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/HB903_HD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. KOBAYASHI — primary (person)
- BROWER — primary (person)
- Belatti — primary (person)
- CACHOLA — primary (person)
- GATES — primary (person)
- HASHEM — primary (person)
- HOLT — primary (person)
- Kitagawa — primary (person)
- LOWEN — primary (person)
- MCKELVEY — primary (person)
- MIZUNO — primary (person)
- NAKASHIMA — primary (person)
- ONISHI — primary (person)
- SAN BUENAVENTURA — primary (person)
- TAKAYAMA — primary (person)
- TAKUMI — primary (person)
- TARNAS — primary (person)
- TODD — primary (person)
- Yamashita — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** Pending introduction.
- **2019-01-24** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-28** Referred to JUD, FIN, referral sheet 6 `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Friday, 02-01-19 2:00PM in House conference room 325.
- **2019-02-01** The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-04-19.
- **2019-02-01** Bill scheduled for decision making on Monday, 02-04-19 2:00PM in conference room 325.
- **2019-02-04** The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-08-19.
- **2019-02-05** Bill scheduled for decision making on Friday, 02-08-19 2:00PM in conference room 325.
- **2019-02-08** The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-13-19.
- **2019-02-08** Bill scheduled for decision making on Wednesday, 02-13-19 2:00PM in conference room 325.
- **2019-02-13** The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, San Buenaventura, Brower, Lowen, McKelvey, Say, Takayama, Yamane, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Creagan, Morikawa. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-15** Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 614) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2019-02-15** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and 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). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-16** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 02-21-19 1:30PM in House conference room 308.
- **2019-02-21** The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Todd. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-01** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 970), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **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`
- **2019-03-05** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 236). `introduction`
- **2019-03-05** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-05** Referred to JDC, WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08** The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 03-12-19 9:00AM in conference room 016.
- **2019-03-12** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. 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`
- **2019-03-20** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1278) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
- **2019-03-20** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
- **2019-04-03** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-05-19 10:15AM in conference room 211.
- **2019-04-05** 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, Harimoto, K. Kahele, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Riviere, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) English, Inouye. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-05** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1995) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-05** One Day Notice 04-09-19.
- **2019-04-09** Report adopted; 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. 796) 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** House Conferees Appointed: C. Lee, Gates Co-Chairs; San Buenaventura, Thielen.
- **2019-04-15** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 808).
- **2019-04-18** Senate Conferees Appointed: K. Rhoads Chair; Shimabukuro Co-Chair; Fevella.
- **2019-04-18** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 917).
- **2019-04-23** Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-25-19 10:00AM in conference room 325.
- **2019-04-25** Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-25-19 3:21PM in conference room 325.
- **2019-04-25** Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-26-19 3:20PM in conference room 325.
- **2019-04-26** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, Gates, San Buenaventura, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- **2019-04-26** The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Rhoads, Shimabukuro, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-26** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 125) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2019-04-26** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-30-19.
- **2019-04-26** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 125).
- **2019-04-26** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-19.
- **2019-04-30** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
- **2019-04-30** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
- **2019-05-01** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 968).
- **2019-05-02** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 883).
- **2019-05-01** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2019-06-25** Act 112, on 06/21/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1214). `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-25** Act 112, 06/21/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1214). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a7f609f8-f8ab-43da-b2c2-b5ffe773f3cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).