Hawaii bills · 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii SB 83

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

Sponsors

• ELEFANTE (Democratic)
• AQUINO

Summary

Text versions

• SB83
• SB83_HD1
• SB83_SD1
• SB83_SD2
• SB83_HD2
• SB83_HD3

Roll-call votes

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

Actions

• Jan 8, 2025 · Senate
  Pending Introduction.
• Jan 15, 2025 · Senate
  Introduced and passed First Reading.
• Jan 16, 2025 · Senate
  Referred to EDT, CPN/JDC.
• Jan 30, 2025 · Senate
  The committee(s) on EDT has scheduled a public hearing on 02-04-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
• Feb 4, 2025 · Senate
  The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDT were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Wakai, Fukunaga; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Kim ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 0 Excused: none.
• Feb 12, 2025 · Senate
  Reported from EDT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 387) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN/JDC.
• Feb 12, 2025 · Senate
  Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN/JDC.
• Feb 18, 2025 · Senate
  The committee(s) on CPN/JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-21-25 10:10AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
• Feb 21, 2025 · Senate
  The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, McKelvey; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Richards ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 0 Excused: none.
• Feb 21, 2025 · Senate
  The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Chang, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard.
• Feb 28, 2025 · Senate
  Reported from CPN/JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 993) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
• Feb 28, 2025 · Senate
  48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25.
• Mar 4, 2025 · Senate
  Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 19; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Kim, McKelvey, Moriwaki. Noes, 5 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte, Fevella, Inouye, Richards). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Lee, C.). Transmitted to House.
• Mar 4, 2025 · House
  Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 78) in amended form (SD 2).
• Mar 6, 2025 · House
  Pass First Reading
• Mar 6, 2025 · House
  Referred to TOU, JHA, CPC, referral sheet 19
• Dec 8, 2025 · Legislature
  Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
• Mar 12, 2026 · House
  Bill scheduled to be heard by TOU on Tuesday, 03-17-26 10:00AM in House conference room 423 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• Mar 17, 2026 · House
  The committee on TOU recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Tam, Templo, Ilagan, Yamashita; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Gedeon; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Hussey.
• Mar 19, 2026 · House
  Reported from TOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1225-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
• Mar 19, 2026 · House
  Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with Representative(s) Cochran, Garcia, Gedeon, Matsumoto, Pierick voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
• Mar 20, 2026 · House
  Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 03-24-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• Mar 24, 2026 · House
  The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Takayama; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Cochran; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Garcia, Shimizu; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Sayama.
• Mar 30, 2026 · House
  Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1548-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to CPC.
• Mar 30, 2026 · House
  Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on CPC as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Gedeon voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Shimizu voting no (2) and Representative(s) Cochran, Lowen, Perruso, Quinlan excused (4).
• Mar 31, 2026 · House
  Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Thursday, 04-02-26 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• Apr 2, 2026 · House
  The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Grandinetti, Chun, Ilagan, Iwamoto, Kong, Lowen, Marten, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Tam.
• Apr 10, 2026 · House
  Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2109-26) as amended in HD 3, recommending passage on Third Reading.
• Apr 10, 2026 · House
  Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-14-26.
• Apr 14, 2026 · House
  Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 3 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Cochran, Garcia, Gedeon, Matsumoto, Shimizu voting no (6) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.
• Apr 16, 2026 · Senate
  Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 601).
• Apr 16, 2026 · Senate
  Senate disagrees with House amendments.
• Apr 16, 2026 · House
  Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 710).