Hawaii bills · 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii HB 1563

RELATING TO TOBACCO PRODUCTS.

1. Introduced
2. In committee
3. Passed House
4. Passed Senate
5. To Governor
6. Became law

Sponsors

• MATAYOSHI (Democratic)
• AMATO (Democratic)
• BELATTI (Democratic)
• CHUN (Democratic)
• GARRETT (Democratic)
• GRANDINETTI (Democratic)
• ICHIYAMA (Democratic)
• ILAGAN (Democratic)
• KAPELA (Democratic)
• KILA (Democratic)
• KITAGAWA (Democratic)
• KUSCH (Democratic)
• LA CHICA (Democratic)
• LEE
• M.
• LOWEN (Democratic)
• MARTEN (Democratic)
• MATSUMOTO (Republican)
• PERRUSO (Democratic)
• POEPOE (Democratic)
• SHIMIZU (Republican)
• SOUZA (Republican)
• TAM (Democratic)
• TARNAS (Democratic)
• TEMPLO (Democratic)

Cosponsors (1)

• Iwamoto (Democratic)

Summary

Text versions

• HB1563
• HB1563_HD2
• HB1563_HD1

Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 8:06 AM.

Actions

• Jan 15, 2026 · House
  Prefiled.
• Jan 21, 2026 · House
  Introduced and Pass First Reading.
• Jan 26, 2026 · House
  Referred to HLT, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 1
• Jan 30, 2026 · House
  Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Wednesday, 02-04-26 9:00AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• Feb 4, 2026 · House
  The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Amato, Hartsfield, Marten, Olds, Takenouchi, Alcos, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
• Feb 9, 2026 · House
  Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 56-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
• Feb 10, 2026 · House
  Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
• Feb 10, 2026 · House
  Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Thursday, 02-12-26 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• Feb 12, 2026 · House
  The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Grandinetti, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Kong, Lowen, Marten, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Tam.
• Feb 20, 2026 · House
  Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 672-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
• Feb 20, 2026 · House
  Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1).
• Mar 2, 2026 · House
  Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 03-04-26 10:00AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• Mar 4, 2026 · House
  The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Alcos, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
• Mar 6, 2026 · House
  Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 978-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.
• Mar 6, 2026 · House
  Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Garcia, Gedeon, Reyes Oda voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Kong voting no (1) and Representative(s) Perruso, Quinlan, Sayama excused (3). Transmitted to Senate.
• Mar 10, 2026 · Senate
  Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 136).
• Mar 10, 2026 · Senate
  Passed First Reading.
• Mar 10, 2026 · Senate
  Referred to HHS/EIG, CPN/JDC.