Bill Commons

HI HB 2532

died on adjournment

RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN FLAG.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Follow this bill’s action updates (Atom)

Subscribe in a feed reader. The feed covers recorded actions from the last 30 days; Bill Commons may record an action after it happened at the legislature.

Quick answers

Did HI HB 2532 pass?

No. HI HB 2532 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-02-06): Reported from CAA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 38-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.

What is HI HB 2532 about?

Requires cooperative housing corporations, planned community associations, and condominium associations to allow owners to display the Hawaiian flag within the owner's property. Allows reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions on Hawaiian flag displays to protect a substantial interest of the association or corporation. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Who sponsors HI HB 2532?

REYES ODA, ALCOS, BELATTI and 28 others are the primary sponsors of HI HB 2532.

Description

Requires cooperative housing corporations, planned community associations, and condominium associations to allow owners to display the Hawaiian flag within the owner's property. Allows reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions on Hawaiian flag displays to protect a substantial interest of the association or corporation. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Introduced
2026-01-28
Latest action
2026-02-06 — Reported from CAA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 38-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Subjects

Sponsors

  • REYES ODAprimary
  • ALCOSprimary
  • BELATTIprimary
  • CHUNprimary
  • COCHRANprimary
  • EVSLINprimary
  • GARCIAprimary
  • GEDEONprimary
  • HASHEMprimary
  • HOLTprimary
  • ICHIYAMAprimary
  • IWAMOTOprimary
  • KAHALOAprimary
  • KAPELAprimary
  • KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOYprimary
  • KILAprimary
  • LEEprimary
  • M.primary
  • MARTENprimary
  • MATSUMOTOprimary
  • MIYAKEprimary
  • MURAOKAprimary
  • OLDSprimary
  • PIERICKprimary
  • POEPOEprimary
  • QUINLANprimary
  • SHIMIZUprimary
  • TAMprimary
  • TODDprimary
  • WOODSONprimary
  • YAMASHITAprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-02-06

    Reported from CAA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 38-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.

  2. 2026-02-06

    Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

    reading-2,referral-committee

  3. 2026-02-04

    The committee on CAA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. 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.

    committee-passage-favorable

  4. 2026-02-02

    Referred to CAA, CPC, JHA, referral sheet 6

    referral-committee

  5. 2026-02-02

    Bill scheduled to be heard by CAA on Wednesday, 02-04-26 9:45AM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  6. 2026-01-28

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

    introduction,reading-1

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • The committee on CAA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2026-02-04 · pass · 6-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Kapela: yes
    • Kong: yes
    • Garrett: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • M: yes
    • Sayama: yes
    • Reyes Oda: yes

Related bills

Official source

https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2532&year=2026

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:20:09.051962Z

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Source and document changesStatus and relationship changes

Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:

Bulk imports for this sessionSession dates and activity

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=HI&identifier=HB 2532. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.