Hawaii bills · 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii HB 606

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOMELANDS.

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

Sponsors

• POEPOE (Democratic)
• AMATO (Democratic)
• BELATTI (Democratic)
• EVSLIN (Democratic)
• GARCIA (Republican)
• GRANDINETTI (Democratic)
• HOLT
• KAHALOA (Democratic)
• KAPELA (Democratic)
• LOWEN (Democratic)
• MARTEN (Democratic)
• PERRUSO (Democratic)
• QUINLAN (Democratic)
• REYES ODA (Republican)
• SOUZA (Republican)
• TAKAYAMA (Democratic)
• TAKENOUCHI (Democratic)
• TAM (Democratic)
• TARNAS (Democratic)

Summary

Text versions

• HB606
• HB606_HD1
• HB606_SD1

Roll-call votes

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

Actions

• Jan 17, 2025 · House
  Pending introduction.
• Jan 21, 2025 · House
  Introduced and Pass First Reading.
• Jan 21, 2025 · House
  Referred to HSG, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 2
• Jan 27, 2025 · House
  Bill scheduled to be heard by HSG on Wednesday, 01-29-25 9:15AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• Jan 29, 2025 · House
  The committee on HSG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Evslin, Miyake, Grandinetti, Kila, Kitagawa, La Chica, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.
• Feb 3, 2025 · House
  Reported from HSG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 50) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
• Feb 3, 2025 · House
  Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2).
• Feb 7, 2025 · House
  Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 02-11-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• Feb 11, 2025 · House
  The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Hashem.
• Feb 14, 2025 · House
  Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 732), recommending referral to FIN.
• Feb 14, 2025 · House
  Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4).
• Feb 21, 2025 · House
  Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 02-25-25 10:00AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• Feb 25, 2025 · House
  The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Kitagawa, Ward.
• Feb 28, 2025 · House
  Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1127), recommending passage on Third Reading.
• Mar 4, 2025 · House
  Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Muraoka voting no (1) and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.
• Mar 6, 2025 · Senate
  Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 259).
• Mar 6, 2025 · Senate
  Passed First Reading.
• Mar 6, 2025 · Senate
  Referred to HWN/HOU, WAM.
• Mar 7, 2025 · Senate
  The committee(s) on HWN/HOU has scheduled a public hearing on 03-11-25 1:05PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
• Mar 11, 2025 · Senate
  The committee(s) on HOU deferred the measure until 03-13-25 1:00PM; CR 225 & Videoconference.
• Mar 11, 2025 · Senate
  The committee(s) on HWN deferred the measure until 03-18-25 1:00PM; CR 224 & Videoconference.
• Mar 12, 2025 · Senate
  The committee on HOU has deleted the measure from decision making scheduled on 03-13-25 1:00PM; CR 225 & Videoconference.
• Mar 12, 2025 · Senate
  The committee(s) on HOU deferred the measure until 03-18-25 1:00PM; CR 225 & Videoconference.
• Mar 18, 2025 · Senate
  The committee(s) on HWN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in HWN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Richards, San Buenaventura, Ihara, Keohokalole; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) DeCorte; and 0 Excused: none.
• Mar 18, 2025 · Senate
  The committee(s) on HOU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in HOU were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Chang, Hashimoto, Aquino, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fevella ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
• Mar 21, 2025 · Senate
  Reported from HWN/HOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1283) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.
• Mar 21, 2025 · Senate
  Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM.
• Apr 1, 2025 · Senate
  The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-03-25 10:01AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
• Apr 3, 2025 · Senate
  The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
• Apr 4, 2025 · Senate
  Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1753) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).
• Apr 4, 2025 · Senate
  48 Hrs. Notice 04-08-25.
• Apr 8, 2025 · Senate
  Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
• Apr 8, 2025 · House
  Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 657) in amended form (SD 1).
• Apr 10, 2025 · House
  House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
• Apr 11, 2025 · Senate
  Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 704).
• Apr 14, 2025 · House
  House Conferees Appointed: Evslin, Poepoe, Miyake Co-Chairs; Grandinetti, Muraoka.
• Apr 15, 2025 · Senate
  Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 732).
• Apr 15, 2025 · Senate
  Senate Conferees Appointed: Richards Chair; Chang, Hashimoto Co-Chairs; DeCorte.
• Apr 15, 2025 · House
  Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 788).
• Apr 22, 2025 · House
  Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Wednesday, 04-23-25 10:00AM in conference room 224.
• Apr 23, 2025 · House
  Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-24-25 2:00PM in conference room 325.
• Apr 24, 2025 · House
  Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-25-25 1:30PM in conference room 325.
• Dec 8, 2025 · Legislature
  Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
• Mar 20, 2026 · Senate
  Senate Conferee(s) discharged.
• Mar 20, 2026 · House
  Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 409).
• Apr 1, 2026 · House
  House Conferee(s) discharged.
• Apr 2, 2026 · Senate
  Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).