Bill Commons

HI SB 109

died on adjournment

RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

Requires that the Hawaiian version of a law be held binding if the law in question was originally drafted in Hawaiian and meets certain criteria. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Introduced
2025-01-15
Status date
Latest action
2026-04-02 — Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • RHOADSprimary
  • SAN BUENAVENTURAprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-04-02

    Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).

    receipt

  2. 2026-04-01

    House Conferee(s) discharged.

  3. 2025-12-08

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

    carried-over

  4. 2025-04-15

    Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 731).

    receipt

  5. 2025-04-14

    House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas Chair; Poepoe, Garcia.

  6. 2025-04-08

    Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 774).

    receipt

  7. 2025-04-08

    Senate disagrees with House amendments.

    amendment-failure

  8. 2025-04-08

    Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 570).

    introduction,receipt

  9. 2025-04-04

    Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kapela, Marten excused (3). Transmitted to Senate.

    passage

  10. 2025-04-02

    Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1).

  11. 2025-04-02

    Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1748) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.

  12. 2025-03-11

    The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.

    committee-passage-favorable

  13. 2025-03-07

    Re-referred to JHA, referral sheet 20

    referral-committee

  14. 2025-03-07

    Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 03-11-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  15. 2025-03-06

    Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 19

    referral-committee

  16. 2025-03-06

    Pass First Reading

    reading-1

  17. 2025-03-04

    Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 86) in amended form (SD 2).

    introduction,receipt

  18. 2025-03-04

    Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

    passage

  19. 2025-02-28

    48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25.

  20. 2025-02-28

    Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 901) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

  21. 2025-02-19

    The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard.

    committee-passage-favorable

  22. 2025-02-14

    The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-19-25 9:45AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

  23. 2025-02-11

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

    passage,reading-2,referral-committee

  24. 2025-02-11

    Reported from HWN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 207) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.

  25. 2025-01-28

    The committee(s) on HWN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HWN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Richards, San Buenaventura, Keohokalole, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Ihara.

    committee-passage-favorable

  26. 2025-01-24

    The committee(s) on HWN has scheduled a public hearing on 01-28-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

  27. 2025-01-16

    Referred to HWN, JDC.

    referral-committee

  28. 2025-01-15

    Introduced and passed First Reading.

    introduction,reading-1

  29. 2025-01-09

    Pending Introduction.

Versions

Documents

Votes

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

    2025-01-28 · pass · 4-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Richards: yes
    • San Buenaventura: yes
    • Keohokalole: yes
    • DeCorte: yes
    • Ihara: not voting
  • The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2025-02-19 · pass · 4-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Rhoads: yes
    • Chang: yes
    • San Buenaventura: yes
    • Awa: yes
    • Gabbard: not voting
  • Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

    2025-03-04 · pass · 25-0

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

    2025-03-11 · pass · 10-0

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Tarnas: yes
    • Poepoe: yes
    • Belatti: yes
    • Hashem: yes
    • Kahaloa: yes
    • Perruso: yes
    • Takayama: yes
    • Todd: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Shimizu: yes
    • Cochran: not voting

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