republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2019-regular-session/sb-1418.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII."
description: "Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii Pamantasan Council for two full-time equivalent positions to promote access, diversity, and workforce development, including programs and policies related to Philippine courses and Filipino students. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2019 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 1418"
citation: "Hawaii SB 1418 (2019 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["UH", "Hawaii Pamantasan Council", "Appropriation ($)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dela Cruz", "KEITH-AGARAN", "KIM", "Kidani"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 48
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f686f3b2-98e8-4c83-8f8b-68d26993741b"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1418&year=2019"
source_hash: "bebeae981c3996ef06df109e9f2a803c085d8e159ff91c8a4313602a980b59e3"
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 SB 1418 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii Pamantasan Council for two full-time equivalent positions to promote access, diversity, and workforce development, including programs and policies related to Philippine courses and Filipino students. (CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB1418** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/SB1418_.HTM)
2. **SB1418_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/SB1418_CD1_.HTM)
3. **SB1418_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/SB1418_HD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committees on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- The committees on LHE recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on HRE recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- 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

## Sponsors

- Dela Cruz — primary (person)
- KEITH-AGARAN — primary (person)
- KIM — primary (person)
- Kidani — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** Introduced. `introduction`
- **2019-01-24** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-28** Referred to HRE, WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** The committee(s) on HRE has scheduled a public hearing on 02-07-19 2:50PM in conference room 229.
- **2019-02-07** The committee(s) on HRE recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in HRE were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kim, Kidani, Keith-Agaran, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) K. Kahele. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-13** Reported from HRE (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 279) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.
- **2019-02-13** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
- **2019-02-15** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-20-19 10:05AM in conference room 211.
- **2019-02-20** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 11 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, English, Inouye, K. Kahele, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Harimoto, Riviere. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-01** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 934) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).
- **2019-03-01** 48 Hrs. Notice 03-05-19.
- **2019-03-05** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). 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. 479) in amended form (SD 1). `introduction`
- **2019-03-07** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-07** Referred to LHE/LAB, FIN, referral sheet 27 `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Bill scheduled to be heard by LHE/LAB on Friday, 03-15-19 2:10PM in House conference room 309.
- **2019-03-15** The committees on LHE recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, Hashem, Perruso, Johanson, D. Kobayashi, Ohno, Tarnas, Tokioka, Okimoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) DeCoite, Quinlan. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-15** The committees on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Eli, Ichiyama, Kitagawa, Yamashita, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) McKelvey, Quinlan. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-21** Reported from LHE/LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1506) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2019-03-21** 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) Belatti, Cabanilla Arakawa, Holt, Tokioka, Yamane excused (5). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 03-28-19 3:00PM in House conference room 308.
- **2019-03-28** The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Holt, Todd. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2094), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2019-04-04** Deferred one day 04-05-19.
- **2019-04-05** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Eli, Mizuno, Nishimoto excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2019-04-09** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 712). `introduction`
- **2019-04-09** Senate disagrees with House amendments.
- **2019-04-09** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 885).
- **2019-04-15** House Conferees Appointed: Woodson, Johanson, Cullen Co-Chairs; Aquino, Okimoto.
- **2019-04-15** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 809).
- **2019-04-18** Senate Conferees Appointed: Kim Chair; Keith-Agaran Co-Chair; Fevella.
- **2019-04-18** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 918).
- **2019-04-22** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-23-19 2:00PM in conference room 329.
- **2019-04-23** Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-25-19 2:30PM in conference room 329.
- **2019-04-25** Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-26-19 10:30AM in conference room 329.
- **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) Kim, Keith-Agaran, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-26** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, Johanson, Cullen, Okimoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Aquino.
- **2019-04-26** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 156).
- **2019-04-26** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-19.
- **2019-04-26** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 156) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2019-04-26** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-30-19.
- **2019-04-30** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
- **2019-04-30** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
- **2019-05-01** 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`
- **2019-07-09** Act 266, on 07/08/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1368). `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-09** Act 266, 07/08/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1368). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f686f3b2-98e8-4c83-8f8b-68d26993741b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).