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HI HB 1308

died on adjournment

RELATING TO SPORTS WAGERING.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did HI HB 1308 pass?

No. HI HB 1308 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 (2026-04-02): Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).

What is HI HB 1308 about?

Allows for the regulation of sports wagering by the Department of Law Enforcement. Establishes licensing requirements for sports wagering operators and sports wagering suppliers. Establishes a general excise tax to be levied on sports wagering operator licenses. Establishes the Problem Gambling Prevention and Treatment Special Fund to be administered and expended by the Department of Health. Specifies that legal sports wagering and fantasy sports contests shall not be considered contests of chance or gambling. Authorizes DLE to perform criminal history record checks on applicants and licensees relating to sports wagering. (SD2)

Who sponsors HI HB 1308?

HOLT, KILA, TODD are the primary sponsors of HI HB 1308.

Description

Allows for the regulation of sports wagering by the Department of Law Enforcement. Establishes licensing requirements for sports wagering operators and sports wagering suppliers. Establishes a general excise tax to be levied on sports wagering operator licenses. Establishes the Problem Gambling Prevention and Treatment Special Fund to be administered and expended by the Department of Health. Specifies that legal sports wagering and fantasy sports contests shall not be considered contests of chance or gambling. Authorizes DLE to perform criminal history record checks on applicants and licensees relating to sports wagering. (SD2)

Introduced
2025-01-23
Latest action
2026-04-02 — Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • HOLTprimary
  • KILAprimary
  • TODDprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-04-02

    Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).

    receipt

  2. 2026-04-01

    House Conferee(s) discharged.

  3. 2026-03-20

    Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 409).

    receipt

  4. 2026-03-20

    Senate Conferee(s) discharged.

  5. 2025-12-08

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

    carried-over

  6. 2025-04-24

    Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Friday, 04-25-25 12:30PM in conference room 411.

  7. 2025-04-24

    Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 812).

    receipt

  8. 2025-04-24

    House Conferees Appointed: Ilagan, Tarnas, Holt Co-Chairs; Matsumoto.

  9. 2025-04-22

    Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 862).

    receipt

  10. 2025-04-22

    Senate Conferees Appointed: DeCoite Chair; Keohokalole, Kanuha Co-Chairs.

  11. 2025-04-11

    Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 704).

    receipt

  12. 2025-04-10

    House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

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  13. 2025-04-08

    Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 758) in amended form (SD 2).

  14. 2025-04-08

    Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 15; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Aquino, Chang, Kim, Richards. Noes, 10 (Senator(s) DeCorte, Elefante, Fevella, Fukunaga, Gabbard, Ihara, Inouye, Kidani, Moriwaki, Rhoads). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

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  15. 2025-04-04

    48 Hrs. Notice 04-08-25.

  16. 2025-04-04

    Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1820) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

  17. 2025-04-02

    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, DeCoite, Hashimoto, Kanuha, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Aquino, Elefante, Kidani, Kim ; 2 No(es): Senator(s) Moriwaki, Inouye; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  18. 2025-03-27

    The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-02-25 10:01AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  19. 2025-03-21

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

    passage,reading-2,referral-committee

  20. 2025-03-21

    Reported from EDT/CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1328) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

  21. 2025-03-13

    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, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fukunaga, Richards ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) McKelvey.

    committee-passage-favorable

  22. 2025-03-13

    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, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fukunaga, Kim ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  23. 2025-03-10

    The committee(s) on EDT/CPN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-13-25 1:02PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  24. 2025-03-07

    Re-Referred to EDT/CPN, WAM.

    referral-committee

  25. 2025-03-07

    The committee(s) on EDT deleted the measure from the public hearing scheduled on 03-11-25 1:00PM; CR 229 & Videoconference.

  26. 2025-03-06

    The committee(s) on EDT has scheduled a public hearing on 03-11-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  27. 2025-03-06

    Referred to EDT, WAM.

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  28. 2025-03-06

    Passed First Reading.

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  29. 2025-03-06

    Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 355).

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  30. 2025-03-04

    Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 3 with Representative(s) Chun, Hussey, Lamosao voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Belatti, Garcia, Garrett, Grandinetti, Iwamoto, Marten, Matayoshi, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Perruso, Reyes Oda, Shimizu, Takayama, Templo voting no (15) and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

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  31. 2025-02-28

    Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-04-25.

  32. 2025-02-28

    Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1167) as amended in HD 3, recommending passage on Third Reading.

  33. 2025-02-24

    The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 12 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Holt, Kitagawa, Lee, M., Morikawa; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kusch, Lamosao, Miyake, Templo; 3 Noes: Representative(s) Grandinetti, Alcos, Reyes Oda; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.

    committee-passage-favorable

  34. 2025-02-21

    Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Monday, 02-24-25 10:00AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  35. 2025-02-14

    Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Lamosao, Matsumoto, Tam voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Belatti, Garcia, Grandinetti, Kapela, Marten, Muraoka, Perruso, Pierick, Reyes Oda, Shimizu, Takayama voting no (12) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4).

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  36. 2025-02-14

    Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 791) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.

  37. 2025-02-12

    The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Kahaloa, Todd; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Belatti, Hashem; 4 Noes: Representative(s) Perruso, Takayama, Garcia, Shimizu; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.

    committee-passage-favorable

  38. 2025-02-10

    Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 02-12-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  39. 2025-02-05

    Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with Representative(s) Matsumoto, Reyes Oda voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Pierick, Shimizu voting no (4) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2).

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  40. 2025-02-05

    Reported from ECD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 169) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

  41. 2025-01-31

    The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Ilagan, Hussey, Holt, Tam, Todd; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Matsumoto; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Templo.

    committee-passage-favorable

  42. 2025-01-28

    Bill scheduled to be heard by ECD on Friday, 01-31-25 10:00AM in House conference room 423 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  43. 2025-01-27

    Referred to ECD, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 4

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  44. 2025-01-23

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

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  45. 2025-01-22

    Pending introduction.

Versions

Documents

Votes

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

    2025-01-31 · pass · 6-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Ilagan: yes
    • Hussey: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Tam: yes
    • Todd: yes
    • Matsumoto: yes
    • Templo: not voting
  • The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2025-02-12 · pass · 6-4

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Tarnas: yes
    • Poepoe: yes
    • Kahaloa: yes
    • Todd: yes
    • Belatti: yes
    • Hashem: yes
    • Perruso: no
    • Takayama: no
    • Garcia: no
    • Shimizu: no
    • Cochran: not voting
  • The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2025-02-24 · pass · 12-3

    Member-level votes (17)
    • Yamashita: yes
    • Takenouchi: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Kitagawa: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • M: yes
    • Morikawa: yes
    • Hussey: yes
    • Keohokapu-Lee Loy: yes
    • Kusch: yes
    • Lamosao: yes
    • Miyake: yes
    • Templo: yes
    • Grandinetti: no
    • Alcos: no
    • Reyes Oda: no
    • Ward: not voting
  • The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2025-03-13 · pass · 4-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Keohokalole: yes
    • Awa: yes
    • Fukunaga: yes
    • Richards: yes
    • McKelvey: not voting
  • The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2025-03-13 · pass · 5-0

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

    2025-04-02 · pass · 11-2

    Member-level votes (14)
    • Dela Cruz: yes
    • DeCoite: yes
    • Hashimoto: yes
    • Kanuha: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • C: yes
    • Wakai: yes
    • Fevella: yes
    • Aquino: yes
    • Elefante: yes
    • Kidani: yes
    • Kim: yes
    • Moriwaki: no
    • Inouye: no
  • Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

    2025-04-08 · pass · 15-10

    Member-level votes (4)
    • Aquino: yes
    • Chang: yes
    • Kim: yes
    • Richards: yes

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