Hawaii bills · 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii HB 304
RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became law
Sponsors
- TAM (Democratic)
- TARNAS (Democratic)
- POEPOE (Democratic)
- GRANDINETTI (Democratic)
- IWAMOTO (Democratic)
- KAHALOA (Democratic)
- LEE
- M.
- PERRUSO (Democratic)
Summary
Official abstract published by the Hawaii legislature· description
Requires that the Hawaiian version of a law be held binding if the law in question was originally drafted in Hawaiian and then translated into English and the law has not been later amended, codified, recodified, or reenacted in English. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
Text versions
Roll-call votes
State vote data last updated Oct 16, 2026, 4:38 PM.
| Date | Vote | Result | Your legislators |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 2025 House | The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. | pass | Set your home in Hawaii to see |
Actions
- Jan 16, 2025 · House
Pending introduction. - Jan 17, 2025 · House
Introduced and Pass First Reading. - Jan 21, 2025 · House
Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 1 - Jan 27, 2025 · House
Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Friday, 01-31-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. - Jan 31, 2025 · House
The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Todd. - Feb 13, 2025 · House
Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 625) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN. - Feb 13, 2025 · House
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) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3). - Dec 8, 2025 · Legislature
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.