HI SB 2577
died on adjournmentRELATING TO SPORTS TOURISM.
Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · upper
Description
Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to conduct a study of the potential economic benefits and costs of sports tourism in the State. Requires a report to the Legislature. Requires funds appropriated to the Hawaii Tourism Authority in the Supplemental Executive Budget to be expended by DBEDT for the study. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)
- Introduced
- 2026-01-23
- Status date
- —
- Latest action
- 2026-04-29 — Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-30-26 10:30AM in conference room 411.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- DECOITEprimary
- WAKAIprimary
- Kanuhacosponsor
- Lamosaocosponsor
- San Buenaventuracosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2026-04-29
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-30-26 10:30AM in conference room 411.
2026-04-28
Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-29-26 10:30AM in conference room 411.
2026-04-27
Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-26 10:30AM; Conference Room 411.
2026-04-27
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 761).
receipt
2026-04-24
Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-27-26 10:00AM in conference room 411.
2026-04-24
Senate Conferees Appointed: DeCoite Chair; Wakai Co-Chair; Fevella.
2026-04-20
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 787).
receipt
2026-04-20
House Conferees Appointed: Tam, Ilagan, Templo Co-Chairs; Ratcliffe, Gedeon.
2026-04-16
Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 710).
receipt
2026-04-16
Senate disagrees with House amendments.
amendment-failure
2026-04-16
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 675).
introduction,receipt
2026-04-14
Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Iwamoto voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.
passage
2026-04-10
Deferred one day 04-14-26.
deferral
2026-04-10
Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2083-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.
2026-04-07
The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-04-02
Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 04-07-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2026-03-24
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Garrett, Quinlan excused (2).
reading-2,referral-committee
2026-03-24
Reported from TOU/ECD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1330-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
2026-03-17
The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Ilagan, Tam, Templo, Yamashita, Gedeon; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Hussey.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-17
The committee on TOU recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Tam, Templo, Ilagan, Yamashita, Gedeon; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Hussey.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-12
Bill scheduled to be heard by TOU/ECD on Tuesday, 03-17-26 10:00AM in House conference room 423 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2026-03-10
Referred to TOU/ECD, FIN, referral sheet 15
referral-committee
2026-03-06
Pass First Reading
reading-1
2026-03-05
Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 26) in amended form (SD 2).
introduction,receipt
2026-03-05
Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Ihara). Transmitted to House.
passage
2026-02-24
48 Hrs. Notice 03-05-26.
2026-02-24
Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2713) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
2026-02-19
The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 11 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Kidani, Richards.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-13
The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-19-26 10:30AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
2026-02-11
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
passage,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-02-11
Reported from EDT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2148) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
2026-02-03
The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDT were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Wakai, Fukunaga, Kim, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
committee-passage-favorable
2026-01-30
The committee(s) on EDT has scheduled a public hearing on 02-03-26 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
2026-01-28
Referred to EDT, WAM.
referral-committee
2026-01-23
Passed First Reading.
reading-1
2026-01-23
Introduced.
introduction
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Votes
The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
2026-02-03 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (5)
- DeCoite: yes
- Wakai: yes
- Fukunaga: yes
- Kim: yes
- Fevella: yes
The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
2026-02-19 · pass · 11-0
Member-level votes (14)
- Dela Cruz: yes
- Moriwaki: yes
- DeCoite: yes
- Elefante: yes
- Hashimoto: yes
- Inouye: yes
- Kanuha: yes
- Kim: yes
- Lee: yes
- C: yes
- Wakai: yes
- Fevella: yes
- Kidani: not voting
- Richards: not voting
Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
2026-03-05 · pass · 24-0
Member-level votes (1)
- Senator(s: not voting
The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
2026-03-17 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (6)
- Ilagan: yes
- Tam: yes
- Templo: yes
- Yamashita: yes
- Gedeon: yes
- Hussey: not voting
The committee on TOU recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
2026-03-17 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (6)
- Tam: yes
- Templo: yes
- Ilagan: yes
- Yamashita: yes
- Gedeon: yes
- Hussey: not voting
The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.
2026-04-07 · pass · 16-0
Member-level votes (17)
- Todd: yes
- Takenouchi: yes
- Hartsfield: yes
- Hussey: yes
- Keohokapu-Lee Loy: yes
- Kitagawa: yes
- Kusch: yes
- Lee: yes
- M: yes
- Miyake: yes
- Morikawa: yes
- Perruso: yes
- Templo: yes
- Yamashita: yes
- Alcos: yes
- Gedeon: yes
- Reyes Oda: yes
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