Bill Commons

HI SB 2645

enacted

RELATING TO FIRE PREVENTION.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did HI SB 2645 pass?

Yes. HI SB 2645 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-06-04): Act 078, 06/03/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1178).

What is HI SB 2645 about?

Establishes the State Fire Code as the minimum statewide standard for fire safety. Prohibits the counties from adopting, amending, or enforcing any ordinance, rule, or code provision that is less restrictive than the State Fire Code. Establishes the State Fire and Life Safety Special Fund. Limits the frequency of fire and safety inspections at state facilities by the Office of the State Fire Marshal to no more than once every three years. Amends Act 302, SLH 2025, by replacing two full-time equivalent (2.0 FTE) positions for fire inspectors and three full-time equivalent (3.0 FTE) positions for fire investigators with four full-time equivalent (4.0 FTE) positions for assistant fire marshals. (CD1)

Who sponsors HI SB 2645?

KANUHA is the primary sponsor of HI SB 2645.

Description

Establishes the State Fire Code as the minimum statewide standard for fire safety. Prohibits the counties from adopting, amending, or enforcing any ordinance, rule, or code provision that is less restrictive than the State Fire Code. Establishes the State Fire and Life Safety Special Fund. Limits the frequency of fire and safety inspections at state facilities by the Office of the State Fire Marshal to no more than once every three years. Amends Act 302, SLH 2025, by replacing two full-time equivalent (2.0 FTE) positions for fire inspectors and three full-time equivalent (3.0 FTE) positions for fire investigators with four full-time equivalent (4.0 FTE) positions for assistant fire marshals. (CD1)

Introduced
2026-01-23
Latest action
2026-06-04 — Act 078, 06/03/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1178).
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • KANUHAprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-06-04

    Act 078, 06/03/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1178).

    became-law

  2. 2026-06-04

    Act 078, on 06/03/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1178).

    became-law

  3. 2026-05-08

    Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888).

    receipt

  4. 2026-05-08

    Enrolled to Governor.

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  5. 2026-05-06

    Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.

    passage

  6. 2026-05-06

    Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Iwamoto voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

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  7. 2026-05-06

    Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 816).

    receipt

  8. 2026-05-01

    Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 3:45 PM; Conference Room 016.

  9. 2026-05-01

    The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Fukunaga, Elefante, Inouye; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) DeCorte.

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  10. 2026-05-01

    The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Morikawa, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

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  11. 2026-05-01

    Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 138-26).

  12. 2026-05-01

    48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-06-26.

  13. 2026-05-01

    Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 138-26) as amended in (CD 1).

  14. 2026-05-01

    Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-06-26.

  15. 2026-04-30

    Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 2:00PM; Conference Room 016.

  16. 2026-04-29

    Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-30-26 2:00PM; Conference Room 016.

  17. 2026-04-27

    Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-29-26 2:00PM; Conference Room 016.

  18. 2026-04-24

    Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-27-26 2:00PM; Conference Room 016.

  19. 2026-04-23

    Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-24-26 3:40PM; CR 016.

  20. 2026-04-22

    Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 720).

    receipt

  21. 2026-04-21

    House Conferees Appointed: Ichiyama, Morikawa Co-Chairs; Souza.

  22. 2026-04-21

    Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 800).

    receipt

  23. 2026-04-21

    Senate Conferees Appointed: Fukunaga Chair; Elefante Co-Chair; Inouye, DeCorte.

  24. 2026-04-16

    Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 685).

    introduction,receipt

  25. 2026-04-16

    Senate disagrees with House amendments.

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  26. 2026-04-16

    Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 710).

    receipt

  27. 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

  28. 2026-04-10

    Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2100-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  29. 2026-04-08

    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; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  30. 2026-04-06

    Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 04-08-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  31. 2026-03-23

    Reported from PBS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1319-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

  32. 2026-03-23

    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) Cochran, Kong, Lowen, Perruso, Poepoe, Quinlan excused (6).

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  33. 2026-03-18

    The committee on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Iwamoto, Hashem, Ichiyama, Morikawa, Poepoe, Woodson, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

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  34. 2026-03-12

    Pass First Reading

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  35. 2026-03-12

    Referred to PBS, FIN, referral sheet 17

    referral-committee

  36. 2026-03-12

    Bill scheduled to be heard by PBS on Wednesday, 03-18-26 9:30AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  37. 2026-03-10

    Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 3). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Elefante. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

    passage

  38. 2026-03-10

    Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 275) in amended form (SD 3).

    introduction,receipt

  39. 2026-03-06

    Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2938) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 3).

  40. 2026-03-06

    48 Hrs. Notice 03-10-26.

  41. 2026-03-03

    The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 12 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, DeCoite, Hashimoto, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Richards, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Elefante, Inouye ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella.

    committee-passage-favorable

  42. 2026-02-27

    The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-03-26 10:17AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  43. 2026-02-20

    Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2503) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 2) and referral to WAM.

  44. 2026-02-20

    Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 2) and referred to WAM.

    passage,reading-2,referral-committee

  45. 2026-02-18

    The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in PSM were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Fukunaga, Lee, C., Hashimoto, Inouye, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

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  46. 2026-02-12

    Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2232) as amended (SD 1), with recommendation of recommittal to PSM.

  47. 2026-02-12

    Report adopted, as amended (SD 1) and recommitted to PSM.

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  48. 2026-02-12

    The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 02-18-26 3:00PM; CR 016 & Videoconference (Proposed Draft).

  49. 2026-02-11

    The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS and be recommitted. The votes in PSM were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Fukunaga, Hashimoto, Inouye; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Lee, C., DeCorte.

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  50. 2026-02-11

    Re-Referred to PSM, WAM.

    referral-committee

  51. 2026-02-10

    The committee(s) on PSM will hold a public decision making on 02-11-26 3:00PM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

  52. 2026-01-28

    Referred to PSM.

    referral-committee

  53. 2026-01-23

    Introduced.

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  54. 2026-01-23

    Passed First Reading.

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Versions

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Votes

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

    2026-02-11 · pass · 3-0

    Member-level votes (6)
    • Fukunaga: yes
    • Hashimoto: yes
    • Inouye: yes
    • Lee: not voting
    • C: not voting
    • DeCorte: not voting

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

    2026-02-18 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (6)
    • Fukunaga: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • C: yes
    • Hashimoto: yes
    • Inouye: yes
    • DeCorte: yes

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

    2026-03-03 · pass · 12-0

    Member-level votes (14)
    • Dela Cruz: yes
    • Moriwaki: yes
    • DeCoite: yes
    • Hashimoto: yes
    • Kanuha: yes
    • Kidani: yes
    • Kim: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • C: yes
    • Richards: yes
    • Wakai: yes
    • Elefante: yes
    • Inouye: yes
    • Fevella: not voting

  • Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 3).

    2026-03-10 · pass · 25-0

    Member-level votes (1)
    • Elefante: yes

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

    2026-03-18 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Belatti: yes
    • Iwamoto: yes
    • Hashem: yes
    • Ichiyama: yes
    • Morikawa: yes
    • Poepoe: yes
    • Woodson: yes
    • Shimizu: yes
    • Souza: yes

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

    2026-04-08 · 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

  • The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments.

    2026-05-01 · pass · 3-0

    Member-level votes (3)
    • Ichiyama: yes
    • Morikawa: yes
    • Souza: yes

  • The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.

    2026-05-01 · pass · 3-0

    Member-level votes (4)
    • Fukunaga: yes
    • Elefante: yes
    • Inouye: yes
    • DeCorte: not voting

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