HB 2491 Hawaii House · 2022 Regular Session

RELATING TO THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE.

Summary

Requires all letterhead of the State and counties to include consistent Hawaiian names, words, and spelling. Requires the governor, lieutenant governor, state legislators, and heads of principal departments to prominently display a Hawaiian translation of the name of their respective office or department at least once on the main page of their official website and in the letterhead of their stationary. (CD1)

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2022

Committee Review

Apr 2022

House Passage

May 2022

Senate Passage

May 2022

Governor

Introduced Jan 26, 2022 Last action Jun 27, 2022

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Apr 29, 2022

Introduced

48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-03-22.

upper

Apr 29, 2022

Upper · Passed

Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 88-22).

upper

Apr 29, 2022

Lower · Passed

Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 88-22) as amended in (CD 1).

lower

Apr 28, 2022

Upper · Passed

The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Shimabukuro, Kim, Misalucha, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Apr 28, 2022

Lower · Passed

The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Gates, Nakashima, Tam, Kapela; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Har, Ward.

lower

Apr 27, 2022

Lower · Passed

Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-28-22 11:01AM in conference room 224.

lower

Apr 12, 2022

Introduced

House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

lower

Apr 8, 2022

Introduced

Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 741) in amended form (SD 2).

lower

Apr 8, 2022

Upper · Passed

Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 3 (Senator(s) Acasio, Ihara, Inouye). Transmitted to House.

upper

Apr 1, 2022

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 10 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Shimabukuro, Taniguchi, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Misalucha.

upper

Mar 30, 2022

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-01-22 10:30AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 24, 2022

Committee

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

upper

Mar 24, 2022

Committee

Reported from HWN/HRE (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3483) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Mar 17, 2022

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HWN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HWN were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Shimabukuro, Acasio, Ihara, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Keohokalole ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Mar 17, 2022

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HRE recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HRE were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kim, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Kidani, Keith-Agaran.

upper

Mar 14, 2022

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HWN/HRE has scheduled a public hearing on 03-17-22 1:00PM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 11, 2022

Committee

Re-Referred to HWN/HRE, WAM.

upper

Mar 8, 2022

Committee

Referred to HWN/HRE/GVO, WAM.

upper

Mar 4, 2022

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 95).

upper

Mar 3, 2022

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Matayoshi, Todd excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Feb 23, 2022

Lower · Passed

The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Yamashita, Branco, Eli, Holt, Ilagan, Marten, Nishimoto, Perruso, Sayama, Tam, Todd, Wildberger, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) B. Kobayashi; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Feb 17, 2022

Committee

Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

lower

Feb 17, 2022

Committee

Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 507-22) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 14, 2022

Lower · Passed

The committees on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Nakashima, Matayoshi, Ichiyama, D. Kobayashi, Lowen, McKelvey, Nakamura, Takumi, Todd, Tokioka, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) LoPresti.

lower

Feb 11, 2022

Lower · Passed

The committee(s) on JHA recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.

lower

Feb 8, 2022

Committee

Reported from CAI (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 74-22) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

lower

Feb 2, 2022

Lower · Passed

The committees on CAI recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Gates, Tam, Har, Kapela, Nishimoto, Yamane, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

lower

Jan 28, 2022

Committee

Referred to CAI, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 3

lower

Jan 26, 2022

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

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