Bill Commons

HI HR 119

died on adjournment

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT TO COLLABORATE TO ESTABLISH A STATE HIGHWAY POLICE FORCE.

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 HR 119 pass?

No. HI HR 119 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 (2026-04-09): Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1873-26), recommending adoption.

What is HI HR 119 about?

HI HR 119 is a resolution in the 2026 Regular Session titled “REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT TO COLLABORATE TO ESTABLISH A STATE HIGHWAY POLICE FORCE.”.

Who sponsors HI HR 119?

KILA, MIYAKE, POEPOE are the primary sponsors of HI HR 119.

Introduced
2026-03-16
Latest action
2026-04-09 — Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1873-26), recommending adoption.
Bill type
resolution
Last updated
—

Subjects

Sponsors

  • KILAprimary
  • MIYAKEprimary
  • POEPOEprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-04-09

    Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1873-26), recommending adoption.

  2. 2026-04-09

    Adopted with Representative(s) Gedeon, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Iwamoto, Muraoka voting no (4) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1).

    passage

  3. 2026-04-09

    Resolution adopted in final form.

    passage

  4. 2026-04-07

    The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Takayama; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Shimizu; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Garcia; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Sayama, Cochran.

    committee-passage-favorable

  5. 2026-04-02

    Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1681-26), recommending referral to JHA.

  6. 2026-04-02

    Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JHA with Representative(s) Cochran, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka voting no (2) and none excused (0).

    passage,referral-committee

  7. 2026-04-02

    Resolution scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 04-07-26 2:00PM in conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  8. 2026-03-31

    The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Miyake, Evslin, Grandinetti, Kitagawa, La Chica, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Cochran; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Muraoka; and Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  9. 2026-03-27

    Resolution scheduled to be heard by TRN on Tuesday, 03-31-26 10:00AM in conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  10. 2026-03-18

    Referred to TRN, JHA, referral sheet 19

    referral-committee

  11. 2026-03-16

    Offered

    introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

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

    2026-03-31 · pass · 8-1

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Kila: yes
    • Miyake: yes
    • Evslin: yes
    • Grandinetti: yes
    • Kitagawa: yes
    • La Chica: yes
    • Pierick: yes
    • Cochran: yes
    • Muraoka: no

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

    2026-04-07 · pass · 7-1

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

Related bills

  • Companion bill: HCR 127, SR70not in this corpus

Official source

https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HR&billnumber=119&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=HR 119. 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.