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Bill	RELATING TO PROSTITUTION.	Permits persons convicted of certain prostitution offenses to file a motion to vacate the conviction if the defendant is not convicted of another offense under the Penal Code within three years of the prostitution offense and without regard to the defendant's status as a victim of trafficking or promoting prostitution. (CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2019 Regular Session	SB 1039	Hawaii SB 1039 (2019 Regular Session)	bill	Prostitution Motion to Vacate	enacted	BAKER DELA CRUZ English Fevella INOUYE J.KEOHOKALOLE K. RHOADS KIDANI KIM Kanuha Kouchi L. THIELEN NISHIHARA RUDERMAN S. CHANG Shimabukuro	2	46	4	2019-01-18	2019-07-05	openstates	ocd-bill/581480c3-09a1-4815-a156-fe74af3d9cca	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1039&year=2019	e66c9e78eab20387aa9fe586d55f9f25f68c01adab08102260898a40f59ff7b9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii SB 1039 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO PROSTITUTION.

Permits persons convicted of certain prostitution offenses to file a motion to vacate the conviction if the defendant is not convicted of another offense under the Penal Code within three years of the prostitution offense and without regard to the defendant's status as a victim of trafficking or promoting prostitution. (CD1)

Version chain

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

1. SB1039 (committee substitute) — source
2. SB1039_CD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 4–0 (pass) · lower
• The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 3–0 (pass) · upper
• The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 8–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• BAKER — primary (person)
• DELA CRUZ — primary (person)
• English — primary (person)
• Fevella — primary (person)
• INOUYE — primary (person)
• J.KEOHOKALOLE — primary (person)
• K. RHOADS — primary (person)
• KIDANI — primary (person)
• KIM — primary (person)
• Kanuha — primary (person)
• Kouchi — primary (person)
• L. THIELEN — primary (person)
• NISHIHARA — primary (person)
• RUDERMAN — primary (person)
• S. CHANG — primary (person)
• Shimabukuro — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-18 Introduced. introduction
• 2019-01-22 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2019-01-28 Referred to JDC. referral-committee
• 2019-02-11 The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 02-14-19 9:30AM in conference room 016.
• 2019-02-14 The committee(s) on JDC deferred the measure until 02-22-19 9:30AM in conference room 016.
• 2019-02-22 The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Rhoads, Gabbard, Kim; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Wakai, Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-28 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 786) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2019-02-28 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading.
• 2019-02-28 One Day Notice 03-01-19.
• 2019-03-01 Deferred until 03-05-19.
• 2019-03-05 Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Harimoto). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2019-03-05 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 349). introduction
• 2019-03-07 Pass First Reading reading-1
• 2019-03-07 Referred to JUD, referral sheet 27 referral-committee
• 2019-03-12 Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Thursday, 03-14-19 2:00PM in House conference room 325.
• 2019-03-14 The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 03-15-19 at 2:00pm.
• 2019-03-14 Bill scheduled for decision making on Friday, 03-15-19 2:00PM in conference room 325.
• 2019-03-15 The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 03-18-19.
• 2019-03-15 Bill scheduled for decision making on Monday, 03-18-19 2:00PM in conference room 325.
• 2019-03-18 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, Morikawa, Say, Takayama, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Lowen, McKelvey, Yamane. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-01 Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1917) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2019-04-01 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) Hashem, McKelvey, Saiki, Todd excused (4).
• 2019-04-03 Deferred one day 04-04-19.
• 2019-04-04 Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Ward voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Nishimoto, Quinlan excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2019-04-05 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 590). introduction
• 2019-04-05 Senate disagrees with House amendments.
• 2019-04-05 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 685).
• 2019-04-15 House Conferees Appointed: C. Lee Chair; Morikawa, San Buenaventura, Wildberger, Thielen.
• 2019-04-15 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 809).
• 2019-04-16 Senate Conferees Appointed: K. Rhoads Chair; Gabbard, Kim, Fevella.
• 2019-04-16 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 903).
• 2019-04-17 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-18-19 3:30PM in conference room 325.
• 2019-04-18 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-23-19 3:00PM in conference room 325.
• 2019-04-23 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, Kim, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-23 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, Morikawa, Wildberger, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) San Buenaventura.
• 2019-04-25 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 53).
• 2019-04-25 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-19.
• 2019-04-25 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 53) as amended in (CD 1).
• 2019-04-25 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 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).
• 2019-05-06 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2019-07-05 Act 176, on 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1278). executive-signature
• 2019-07-05 Act 176, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1278). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/581480c3-09a1-4815-a156-fe74af3d9cca. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).