Hawaii bills · 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii SB 2256

RELATING TO BROTHER JOSEPH DUTTON DAY.

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

Sponsors

• DECOITE (Democratic)
• CHANG (Democratic)
• ELEFANTE (Democratic)
• FEVELLA (Republican)
• GABBARD (Democratic)
• HASHIMOTO (Democratic)
• INOUYE (Democratic)
• MCKELVEY (Democratic)
• MORIWAKI (Democratic)
• RICHARDS (Democratic)
• SAN BUENAVENTURA (Democratic)

Summary

Text versions

• SB2256

Roll-call votes

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

Actions

• Jan 14, 2026 · Senate
  Pending Introduction.
• Jan 21, 2026 · Senate
  Introduced and passed First Reading.
• Jan 26, 2026 · Senate
  Referred to WLA.
• Feb 10, 2026 · Senate
  The committee(s) on WLA has scheduled a public hearing on 02-13-26 1:01PM; CR 224 & Videoconference.
• Feb 13, 2026 · Senate
  The committee(s) on WLA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WLA were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Inouye, Lamosao, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Chang.
• Mar 6, 2026 · Senate
  Reported from WLA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2962) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• Mar 6, 2026 · Senate
  Report adopted; Passed Second Reading.
• Mar 6, 2026 · Senate
  One Day Notice 03-10-26.
• Mar 10, 2026 · Senate
  Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
• Mar 10, 2026 · House
  Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 201).
• Mar 12, 2026 · House
  Pass First Reading
• Mar 12, 2026 · House
  Referred to CAA, JHA, referral sheet 17
• Mar 12, 2026 · House
  Bill scheduled to be heard by CAA on Wednesday, 03-18-26 10:30AM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• Mar 18, 2026 · House
  The committee on CAA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Kapela, Kong, Garrett, Lee, M., Sayama, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
• Mar 24, 2026 · House
  Reported from CAA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1358-26), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
• Mar 24, 2026 · House
  Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Garrett, Quinlan excused (2).
• Mar 25, 2026 · House
  Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 03-31-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• Mar 31, 2026 · House
  The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Hashem, Kahaloa, Takayama, Cochran, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Sayama.
• Apr 8, 2026 · House
  Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1815-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.
• Apr 8, 2026 · House
  Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.
• Apr 8, 2026 · Senate
  Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 482).
• Apr 8, 2026 · Senate
  Enrolled to Governor.
• Apr 24, 2026 · Senate
  Act 004, 04/23/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1104).
• Apr 24, 2026 · House
  Act 004, on 04/23/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1104).