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HI SB 78

died on adjournment

RELATING TO VOTER REGISTRATION.

Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did HI SB 78 pass?

No. HI SB 78 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 (2025-12-08): Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

What is HI SB 78 about?

Makes an application for voter registration part of certain state agency application processes. Requires the sharing of certain information among certain state agencies, election personnel, and online voter registration system.

Who sponsors HI SB 78?

CHANG, RHOADS are the primary sponsors of HI SB 78.

Description

Makes an application for voter registration part of certain state agency application processes. Requires the sharing of certain information among certain state agencies, election personnel, and online voter registration system.

Introduced
2025-01-15
Latest action
2025-12-08 — Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • CHANGprimary
  • RHOADSprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-12-08

    Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

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  2. 2025-01-30

    The committee on GVO deferred the measure.

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  3. 2025-01-28

    The committee(s) on GVO deferred the measure until 01-30-25 3:01PM; Conference Room 225.

    deferral

  4. 2025-01-24

    The committee(s) on GVO has scheduled a public hearing on 01-28-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

  5. 2025-01-16

    Referred to GVO, JDC.

    referral-committee

  6. 2025-01-15

    Introduced and passed First Reading.

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  7. 2025-01-08

    Pending Introduction.

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=78&year=2026

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:20:09.051962Z

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