HI HB 1968
died on adjournmentRELATING TO PERMITTING.
Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did HI HB 1968 pass?
No. HI HB 1968 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 (2026-02-11): Reported from ECD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 145-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to WAL.
What is HI HB 1968 about?
Requires and appropriates funds for the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, in collaboration with a county selected by the Department, to develop an artificial intelligence-assisted pre-compliance intake pilot platform, subject to a matching funds requirement for the county. Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to develop a policy or metric to measure the success of the pilot platform. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
Who sponsors HI HB 1968?
KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY, AMATO, BELATTI and 17 others are the primary sponsors of HI HB 1968.
Description
Requires and appropriates funds for the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, in collaboration with a county selected by the Department, to develop an artificial intelligence-assisted pre-compliance intake pilot platform, subject to a matching funds requirement for the county. Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to develop a policy or metric to measure the success of the pilot platform. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
- Introduced
- 2026-01-26
- Latest action
- 2026-02-11 — Reported from ECD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 145-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to WAL.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOYprimary
- AMATOprimary
- BELATTIprimary
- EVSLINprimary
- ILAGANprimary
- KAHALOAprimary
- KAPELAprimary
- KILAprimary
- KUSCHprimary
- LOWENprimary
- MARTENprimary
- MATAYOSHIprimary
- MIYAKEprimary
- MORIKAWAprimary
- OLDSprimary
- SAYAMAprimary
- TAKENOUCHIprimary
- TAMprimary
- TARNASprimary
- TEMPLOprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2026-02-11
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on WAL with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Holt excused (1).
reading-2,referral-committee
2026-02-11
Reported from ECD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 145-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to WAL.
2026-02-04
The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Ilagan, Hussey, Holt, Tam, Templo, Yamashita, Gedeon; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-01-30
Bill scheduled to be heard by ECD on Wednesday, 02-04-26 10:00AM in House conference room 423 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2026-01-28
Referred to ECD, WAL, FIN, referral sheet 3
referral-committee
2026-01-26
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
introduction,reading-1
2026-01-23
Pending introduction.
Versions
Documents
Votes
The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
2026-02-04 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Ilagan: yes
- Hussey: yes
- Holt: yes
- Tam: yes
- Templo: yes
- Yamashita: yes
- Gedeon: yes
Related bills
- Companion bill: SB 2908
Official source
Attribution
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