HB 2184 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO LAWMAKER SAFETY.

Summary

Prohibits the public disclosure of legislators' personal contact information in a voter's affidavit of registration, nomination papers, and electronic database for campaign committees. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 26, 2026 Last action Feb 20, 2026

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HB2184 → HB2184_HD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill update expands protection for lawmakers by including appointed officials (like the Lieutenant Governor) alongside elected representatives, ensuring their personal addresses remain confidential in public databases. It also updates the effective date of the law to July 1, 3000, and corrects a reference to the section number that repeals other laws. These changes broaden the scope of who is protected and ensure the legislation remains valid for a much longer period.

Scope change

The bill now applies to both elected state legislators and appointed officials (specifically those appointed under sections 17-3 or 17-4), whereas the previous version only covered those elected to the office of state senator or state representative.

ELIGIBILITY

Expanded eligibility to include appointed officials (Lieutenant Governor and others) in addition to elected state legislators.

TIMELINE

Changed the effective date of the Act from July 1, 2026, to July 1, 3000.

TECHNICAL

Corrected a reference in Section 7 from 'section 4' to 'section 5' regarding the repeal of other statutory amendments.

Updated the title and metadata to reflect 'HB2184 HD1' with new author and clerk information.

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Committee

Feb 20, 2026

Committee

Reported from LMG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 609-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

lower

Feb 18, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on LMG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Quinlan, Ichiyama, Kahaloa, Morikawa, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

lower

Jan 30, 2026

Committee

Referred to LMG, JHA, referral sheet 5

lower

Jan 28, 2026

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 26, 2026

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

19 primary · 0 co-sponsors