HI HB 2231
died on adjournmentRELATING 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
2026-03-10
Referred to HWN/WLA, JDC.
referral-committee
2026-03-10
Passed First Reading.
reading-1
2026-03-10
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 195).
introduction,receipt
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.
passage
2026-03-06
Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 987-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.
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.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-24
Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 02-26-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
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).
reading-2,referral-committee
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.
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
2026-02-13
Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Thursday, 02-19-26 9:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2026-01-30
Referred to WAL, JHA, referral sheet 5
referral-committee
2026-01-28
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
introduction,reading-1
2026-01-26
Pending introduction.
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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
No related bills recorded for this bill.
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