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HI HB 1239

died on adjournment

RELATING TO INDEPENDENT LEGAL COUNSEL.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did HI HB 1239 pass?

No. HI HB 1239 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 (2025-12-08): Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

What is HI HB 1239 about?

Authorizes the Hawaiian Homes Commission to retain independent legal counsel, with any legal fees owed to be paid by the State, and also use the services of the Attorney General as needed. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Who sponsors HI HB 1239?

POEPOE, AMATO, BELATTI and 11 others are the primary sponsors of HI HB 1239.

Description

Authorizes the Hawaiian Homes Commission to retain independent legal counsel, with any legal fees owed to be paid by the State, and also use the services of the Attorney General as needed. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Introduced
2025-01-23
Latest action
2025-12-08 — Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • POEPOEprimary
  • AMATOprimary
  • BELATTIprimary
  • COCHRANprimary
  • EVSLINprimary
  • GRANDINETTIprimary
  • HOLTprimary
  • IWAMOTOprimary
  • KILAprimary
  • LAMOSAOprimary
  • MARTENprimary
  • MIYAKEprimary
  • PERRUSOprimary
  • SOUZAprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-12-08

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

    carried-over

  2. 2025-02-10

    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) Belatti, Cochran, Kila, Ward excused (4).

    reading-2,referral-committee

  3. 2025-02-10

    Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 284) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

  4. 2025-01-31

    The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Todd.

    committee-passage-favorable

  5. 2025-01-27

    Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Friday, 01-31-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  6. 2025-01-27

    Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 4

    referral-committee

  7. 2025-01-23

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

    introduction,reading-1

  8. 2025-01-22

    Pending introduction.

Versions

Documents

Votes

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

    2025-01-31 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Tarnas: yes
    • Poepoe: yes
    • Belatti: yes
    • Hashem: yes
    • Kahaloa: yes
    • Perruso: yes
    • Takayama: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Shimizu: yes
    • Cochran: not voting
    • Todd: not voting

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1239&year=2026

Attribution

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

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