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HI SB 2577

died on adjournment

RELATING TO SPORTS TOURISM.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to conduct a study of the potential economic benefits and costs of sports tourism in the State. Requires a report to the Legislature. Requires funds appropriated to the Hawaii Tourism Authority in the Supplemental Executive Budget to be expended by DBEDT for the study. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)

Introduced
2026-01-23
Status date
Latest action
2026-04-29 — Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-30-26 10:30AM in conference room 411.
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • DECOITEprimary
  • WAKAIprimary
  • Kanuhacosponsor
  • Lamosaocosponsor
  • San Buenaventuracosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-04-29

    Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-30-26 10:30AM in conference room 411.

  2. 2026-04-28

    Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-29-26 10:30AM in conference room 411.

  3. 2026-04-27

    Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-26 10:30AM; Conference Room 411.

  4. 2026-04-27

    Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 761).

    receipt

  5. 2026-04-24

    Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-27-26 10:00AM in conference room 411.

  6. 2026-04-24

    Senate Conferees Appointed: DeCoite Chair; Wakai Co-Chair; Fevella.

  7. 2026-04-20

    Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 787).

    receipt

  8. 2026-04-20

    House Conferees Appointed: Tam, Ilagan, Templo Co-Chairs; Ratcliffe, Gedeon.

  9. 2026-04-16

    Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 710).

    receipt

  10. 2026-04-16

    Senate disagrees with House amendments.

    amendment-failure

  11. 2026-04-16

    Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 675).

    introduction,receipt

  12. 2026-04-14

    Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Iwamoto voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.

    passage

  13. 2026-04-10

    Deferred one day 04-14-26.

    deferral

  14. 2026-04-10

    Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2083-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  15. 2026-04-07

    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; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  16. 2026-04-02

    Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 04-07-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  17. 2026-03-24

    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) Garrett, Quinlan excused (2).

    reading-2,referral-committee

  18. 2026-03-24

    Reported from TOU/ECD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1330-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

  19. 2026-03-17

    The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Ilagan, Tam, Templo, Yamashita, Gedeon; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Hussey.

    committee-passage-favorable

  20. 2026-03-17

    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, Gedeon; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Hussey.

    committee-passage-favorable

  21. 2026-03-12

    Bill scheduled to be heard by TOU/ECD on Tuesday, 03-17-26 10:00AM in House conference room 423 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  22. 2026-03-10

    Referred to TOU/ECD, FIN, referral sheet 15

    referral-committee

  23. 2026-03-06

    Pass First Reading

    reading-1

  24. 2026-03-05

    Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 26) in amended form (SD 2).

    introduction,receipt

  25. 2026-03-05

    Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Ihara). Transmitted to House.

    passage

  26. 2026-02-24

    48 Hrs. Notice 03-05-26.

  27. 2026-02-24

    Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2713) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

  28. 2026-02-19

    The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 11 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Kidani, Richards.

    committee-passage-favorable

  29. 2026-02-13

    The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-19-26 10:30AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  30. 2026-02-11

    Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.

    passage,reading-2,referral-committee

  31. 2026-02-11

    Reported from EDT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2148) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

  32. 2026-02-03

    The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDT were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Wakai, Fukunaga, Kim, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  33. 2026-01-30

    The committee(s) on EDT has scheduled a public hearing on 02-03-26 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  34. 2026-01-28

    Referred to EDT, WAM.

    referral-committee

  35. 2026-01-23

    Passed First Reading.

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  36. 2026-01-23

    Introduced.

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2026-02-03 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • DeCoite: yes
    • Wakai: yes
    • Fukunaga: yes
    • Kim: yes
    • Fevella: yes
  • The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2026-02-19 · pass · 11-0

    Member-level votes (14)
    • Dela Cruz: yes
    • Moriwaki: yes
    • DeCoite: yes
    • Elefante: yes
    • Hashimoto: yes
    • Inouye: yes
    • Kanuha: yes
    • Kim: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • C: yes
    • Wakai: yes
    • Fevella: yes
    • Kidani: not voting
    • Richards: not voting
  • Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

    2026-03-05 · pass · 24-0

    Member-level votes (1)
    • Senator(s: not voting
  • The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2026-03-17 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (6)
    • Ilagan: yes
    • Tam: yes
    • Templo: yes
    • Yamashita: yes
    • Gedeon: yes
    • Hussey: not voting
  • The committee on TOU recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2026-03-17 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (6)
    • Tam: yes
    • Templo: yes
    • Ilagan: yes
    • Yamashita: yes
    • Gedeon: yes
    • Hussey: not voting
  • The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.

    2026-04-07 · pass · 16-0

    Member-level votes (17)
    • Todd: yes
    • Takenouchi: yes
    • Hartsfield: yes
    • Hussey: yes
    • Keohokapu-Lee Loy: yes
    • Kitagawa: yes
    • Kusch: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • M: yes
    • Miyake: yes
    • Morikawa: yes
    • Perruso: yes
    • Templo: yes
    • Yamashita: yes
    • Alcos: yes
    • Gedeon: yes
    • Reyes Oda: yes

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