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HI HB 2231

died on adjournment

RELATING TO ISLAND BURIAL COUNCILS.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Transfers the appointment authority for Island Burial Council members from the Governor and Senate to the Board of Trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Introduced
2026-01-28
Status date
Latest action
2026-03-10 — Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 195).
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • POEPOEprimary
  • AMATOprimary
  • BELATTIprimary
  • GRANDINETTIprimary
  • HUSSEYprimary
  • IWAMOTOprimary
  • KILAprimary
  • MARTENprimary
  • OLDSprimary
  • PERRUSOprimary
  • TAKENOUCHIprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-03-10

    Referred to HWN/WLA, JDC.

    referral-committee

  2. 2026-03-10

    Passed First Reading.

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  3. 2026-03-10

    Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 195).

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  4. 2026-03-06

    Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Perruso, Quinlan, Sayama excused (3). Transmitted to Senate.

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  5. 2026-03-06

    Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 987-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  6. 2026-02-26

    The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Sayama, Takayama, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.

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  7. 2026-02-24

    Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 02-26-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  8. 2026-02-20

    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) Quinlan excused (1).

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  9. 2026-02-20

    Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 705-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

  10. 2026-02-19

    The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Morikawa, Belatti, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Poepoe, Woodson, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  11. 2026-02-13

    Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Thursday, 02-19-26 9:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  12. 2026-01-30

    Referred to WAL, JHA, referral sheet 5

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  13. 2026-01-28

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

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  14. 2026-01-26

    Pending introduction.

Versions

Documents

Votes

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

    2026-02-19 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Hashem: yes
    • Morikawa: yes
    • Belatti: yes
    • Ichiyama: yes
    • Iwamoto: yes
    • Poepoe: yes
    • Woodson: yes
    • Shimizu: yes
    • Souza: yes
  • The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.

    2026-02-26 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (10)
    • Tarnas: yes
    • Poepoe: yes
    • Belatti: yes
    • Hashem: yes
    • Kahaloa: yes
    • Sayama: yes
    • Takayama: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Shimizu: yes
    • Cochran: not voting

Related bills

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