Bill Commons

HI HR 195

died on adjournment

REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO CONDUCT A STUDY ON RECYCLABLE, BIODEGRADABLE, AND COMPOSTABLE LABELING IN THE STATE TO DETERMINE IF THE LABELING IS ACCURATE AND NON-DECEPTIVE.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did HI HR 195 pass?

No. HI HR 195 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 (2026-04-01): Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1628-26), recommending referral to FIN.

What is HI HR 195 about?

HI HR 195 is a resolution in the 2026 Regular Session titled “REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO CONDUCT A STUDY ON RECYCLABLE, BIODEGRADABLE, AND COMPOSTABLE LABELING IN THE STATE TO DETERMINE IF THE LABELING IS ACCURATE AND NON-DECEPTIVE.”.

Who sponsors HI HR 195?

LOWEN, AMATO, BELATTI and 9 others are the primary sponsors of HI HR 195.

Introduced
2026-03-16
Latest action
2026-04-01 — Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1628-26), recommending referral to FIN.
Bill type
resolution
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • LOWENprimary
  • AMATOprimary
  • BELATTIprimary
  • KAHALOAprimary
  • KAPELAprimary
  • KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOYprimary
  • MARTENprimary
  • OLDSprimary
  • PERRUSOprimary
  • POEPOEprimary
  • TEMPLOprimary
  • TODDprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-04-01

    Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1628-26), recommending referral to FIN.

  2. 2026-04-01

    Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

    passage,referral-committee

  3. 2026-03-24

    The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Perruso, Chun, Kusch, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Kahaloa, Quinlan.

    committee-passage-favorable

  4. 2026-03-20

    Resolution scheduled to be heard by EEP on Tuesday, 03-24-26 9:00AM in conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  5. 2026-03-18

    Referred to EEP, FIN, referral sheet 19

    referral-committee

  6. 2026-03-16

    Offered

    introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

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

    2026-03-24 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Lowen: yes
    • Perruso: yes
    • Chun: yes
    • Kusch: yes
    • Matsumoto: yes
    • Kahaloa: not voting
    • Quinlan: not voting

Related bills

  • Companion bill: HCR 205, SR128not in this corpus

Official source

https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HR&billnumber=195&year=2026

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