Hawaii bills · 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii HB 1605

RELATING TO HUMAN AND COMMUNITY RESILIENCE.

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

Sponsors

• CHUN (Democratic)
• GARRETT (Democratic)
• KAHALOA (Democratic)
• KUSCH (Democratic)
• LOWEN (Democratic)
• MATSUMOTO (Republican)
• PERRUSO (Democratic)

Summary

Text versions

• HB1605
• HB1605_HD1
• HB1605_SD1

Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 16, 2026, 4:04 AM.

Actions

• Jan 16, 2026 · House
  Prefiled.
• Jan 21, 2026 · House
  Introduced and Pass First Reading.
• Jan 26, 2026 · House
  Referred to AGR, HED, FIN, referral sheet 1
• Jan 27, 2026 · House
  Bill scheduled to be heard by AGR on Friday, 01-30-26 9:30AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• Jan 30, 2026 · House
  The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Chun, Kusch, Kahaloa, Lowen, Perruso, Quinlan, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
• Feb 4, 2026 · House
  Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 8-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to HED.
• Feb 4, 2026 · House
  Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on HED with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Kitagawa excused (1).
• Feb 10, 2026 · House
  Bill scheduled to be heard by HED on Friday, 02-13-26 2:00PM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• Feb 13, 2026 · House
  The committee on HED recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Garrett, Amato, Evslin, Kapela, La Chica, Olds, Woodson, Muraoka, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kila.
• Feb 18, 2026 · House
  Reported from HED (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 402-26), recommending referral to FIN.
• Feb 18, 2026 · House
  Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
• Feb 23, 2026 · House
  Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 02-25-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• Feb 25, 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, Alcos, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
• Mar 5, 2026 · House
  Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 783-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.
• Mar 5, 2026 · House
  Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Perruso excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.
• Mar 6, 2026 · Senate
  Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 25).
• Mar 6, 2026 · Senate
  Passed First Reading.
• Mar 10, 2026 · Senate
  Referred to EDU, WAM.
• Mar 12, 2026 · Senate
  The committee(s) on EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 03-16-26 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
• Mar 17, 2026 · Senate
  The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDU were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kim, Hashimoto, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Kidani, Fukunaga.
• Mar 23, 2026 · Senate
  Reported from EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3139) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
• Mar 23, 2026 · Senate
  Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
• Mar 30, 2026 · Senate
  The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-01-26 10:03AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
• Apr 1, 2026 · Senate
  The committee(s) on WAM deferred the measure until 04-06-26 10:31AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
• Apr 6, 2026 · Senate
  The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 12 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Richards, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Lee, C..
• Apr 9, 2026 · Senate
  Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3613) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
• Apr 9, 2026 · Senate
  One Day Notice 04-10-26.
• Apr 10, 2026 · Senate
  Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
• Apr 10, 2026 · House
  Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 522) in amended form (SD 1).
• Apr 14, 2026 · House
  House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
• Apr 16, 2026 · Senate
  Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 599).
• Apr 20, 2026 · House
  House Conferees Appointed: Chun, Garrett, Kusch Co-Chairs; Matsumoto.
• Apr 20, 2026 · Senate
  Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 786).
• Apr 21, 2026 · Senate
  Senate Conferees Appointed: Kim Chair; Kidani Co-Chair; DeCorte.
• Apr 21, 2026 · House
  Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 717).
• Apr 23, 2026 · Senate
  Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-24-26 2:50PM; Conference Room 229.
• Apr 27, 2026 · Senate
  Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-26 3:30PM; Conference Room 229.
• Apr 28, 2026 · House
  Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-30-26 3:15PM in conference room 229.
• Apr 30, 2026 · House
  Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 05-01-26 3:30PM in conference room 229.