Bill Commons

HI HB 1642

enacted

RELATING TO CONSUMER PROTECTION.

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 1642 pass?

Yes. HI HB 1642 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-07-10): Act 224, 07/09/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1326).

What is HI HB 1642 about?

Beginning 10/1/2026, prohibits the ownership, operation, or management of a digital financial asset transaction kiosk that accepts United States currency from a customer in exchange for a digital financial asset. (CD1)

Who sponsors HI HB 1642?

MATAYOSHI, EVSLIN, ILAGAN and 4 others are the primary sponsors of HI HB 1642.

Description

Beginning 10/1/2026, prohibits the ownership, operation, or management of a digital financial asset transaction kiosk that accepts United States currency from a customer in exchange for a digital financial asset. (CD1)

Introduced
2026-01-21
Latest action
2026-07-10 — Act 224, 07/09/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1326).
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Subjects

Sponsors

  • MATAYOSHIprimary
  • EVSLINprimary
  • ILAGANprimary
  • MARTENprimary
  • OLDSprimary
  • TAKAYAMAprimary
  • TARNASprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-07-10

    Act 224, 07/09/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1326).

    became-law

  2. 2026-07-10

    Act 224, on 07/09/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1326).

    became-law

  3. 2026-05-08

    Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888).

    receipt

  4. 2026-05-07

    Transmitted to Governor.

  5. 2026-05-06

    Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.

    passage

  6. 2026-05-06

    Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Cochran, Garcia, Gedeon, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (7) and none excused (0).

    passage

  7. 2026-05-06

    Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 816).

    receipt

  8. 2026-05-01

    Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 105-26) as amended in (CD 1).

  9. 2026-05-01

    Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-06-26.

  10. 2026-05-01

    Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 105-26).

  11. 2026-05-01

    48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-06-26

  12. 2026-04-29

    The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Tarnas, Yamashita; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Pierick; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  13. 2026-04-29

    The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Rhoads, Moriwaki, Lamosao, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  14. 2026-04-28

    Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-29-26 2:30PM; CR 224.

  15. 2026-04-27

    Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-26 2:30PM; Conference Room 224.

  16. 2026-04-24

    Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-27-26 2:30PM in conference room 224.

  17. 2026-04-23

    Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 725).

    receipt

  18. 2026-04-22

    Senate Conferees Appointed: Keohokalole Chair; Rhoads, Moriwaki, Lamosao Co-Chairs; Awa.

  19. 2026-04-20

    Re-referred to CPC, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 30

    referral-committee

  20. 2026-04-20

    House Conferees Appointed: Matayoshi, Tarnas, Yamashita Co-Chairs; Pierick.

  21. 2026-04-20

    Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 786).

    receipt

  22. 2026-04-17

    Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 780).

    receipt

  23. 2026-04-16

    House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

    amendment-failure

  24. 2026-04-14

    Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

    passage

  25. 2026-04-14

    Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 594) in amended form (SD 1).

  26. 2026-04-10

    Reported from JDC/WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3788) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.

  27. 2026-04-10

    One Day Notice 04-14-26.

  28. 2026-04-08

    The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Richards, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  29. 2026-04-08

    The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  30. 2026-04-06

    The committee(s) on JDC/WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-08-26 10:15AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  31. 2026-03-30

    Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3319) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC/WAM.

  32. 2026-03-30

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

    passage,reading-2,referral-committee

  33. 2026-03-24

    The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, Lamosao, McKelvey, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  34. 2026-03-18

    The committee(s) on CPN deferred the measure until 03-24-26 9:45AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

    deferral

  35. 2026-03-13

    The committee(s) on CPN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-18-26 9:30AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  36. 2026-03-10

    Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 146).

    introduction,receipt

  37. 2026-03-10

    Passed First Reading.

    reading-1

  38. 2026-03-10

    Referred to CPN, JDC/WAM.

    referral-committee

  39. 2026-03-06

    Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 992-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  40. 2026-03-06

    Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Pierick, Shimizu voting no (6) and Representative(s) Perruso, Quinlan, Sayama excused (3). Transmitted to Senate.

    passage

  41. 2026-03-03

    The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Sayama, Takayama; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Shimizu; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Garcia; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.

    committee-passage-favorable

  42. 2026-02-27

    Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 03-03-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  43. 2026-02-12

    Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 236-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

  44. 2026-02-12

    Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Pierick voting no (2) and none excused (0).

    reading-2,referral-committee

  45. 2026-02-05

    The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Grandinetti, Chun, Ilagan, Ichiyama, Kong, Lowen, Marten, Tam; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Pierick; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Iwamoto.

    committee-passage-favorable

  46. 2026-02-03

    Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Thursday, 02-05-26 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  47. 2026-01-26

    Referred to CPC, JHA, referral sheet 1

    referral-committee

  48. 2026-01-21

    Introduced and Pass First Reading.

    introduction,reading-1

  49. 2026-01-20

    Prefiled.

Versions

Documents

Votes

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

    2026-02-05 · pass · 9-1

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Matayoshi: yes
    • Grandinetti: yes
    • Chun: yes
    • Ilagan: yes
    • Ichiyama: yes
    • Kong: yes
    • Lowen: yes
    • Marten: yes
    • Tam: yes
    • Pierick: no
    • Iwamoto: not voting

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

    2026-03-03 · pass · 8-1

    Member-level votes (10)
    • Tarnas: yes
    • Poepoe: yes
    • Belatti: yes
    • Hashem: yes
    • Kahaloa: yes
    • Sayama: yes
    • Takayama: yes
    • Shimizu: yes
    • Garcia: no
    • Cochran: not voting

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

    2026-03-24 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Keohokalole: yes
    • Fukunaga: yes
    • Lamosao: yes
    • McKelvey: yes
    • Awa: yes

  • The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.

    2026-04-08 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Rhoads: yes
    • Gabbard: yes
    • Chang: yes
    • San Buenaventura: yes
    • Awa: yes

  • The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.

    2026-04-08 · pass · 13-0

    Member-level votes (14)
    • Dela Cruz: yes
    • Moriwaki: yes
    • DeCoite: yes
    • Elefante: yes
    • Hashimoto: yes
    • Inouye: yes
    • Kanuha: yes
    • Kidani: yes
    • Kim: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • C: yes
    • Richards: yes
    • Wakai: yes
    • Fevella: yes

  • Report adopted; Passed Third Reading.

    2026-04-14 · pass · 25-0

  • The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments.

    2026-04-29 · pass · 3-1

    Member-level votes (4)
    • Matayoshi: yes
    • Tarnas: yes
    • Yamashita: yes
    • Pierick: no

  • The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2026-04-29 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Keohokalole: yes
    • Rhoads: yes
    • Moriwaki: yes
    • Lamosao: yes
    • Awa: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1642&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 1642. 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.