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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "RELATING TO NAMES."
+description: "Allows parties to a marriage or civil union to choose any middle or last name to use upon the marriage or civil union."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
+legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
+session: "2019 Regular Session"
+identifier: "SB 558"
+citation: "Hawaii SB 558 (2019 Regular Session)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Marriage", "Civil Union", "Name Change"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["K. RHOADS", "S. CHANG", "Shimabukuro"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2019-01-18"
+last_action: "2019-04-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb99ab9c-d1dc-4948-b5b8-998ec5f04287"
+source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=558&year=2019"
+source_hash: "150a9cd0584cf10e63682c1538a6bf3290c4b00ba87cef1822cb73142654ef5d"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-hi"]
+---
+
+# Hawaii SB 558 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO NAMES.
+
+Allows parties to a marriage or civil union to choose any middle or last name to use upon the marriage or civil union.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **SB558** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2019/bills/SB558_.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
+- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- K. RHOADS — primary (person)
+- S. CHANG — primary (person)
+- Shimabukuro — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-18** Introduced. `introduction`
+- **2019-01-22** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
+- **2019-01-24** Referred to JDC. `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-11** The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 02-14-19 9:30AM in conference room 016.
+- **2019-02-14** The committee(s) on JDC deferred the measure until 02-22-19 9:30AM in conference room 016.
+- **2019-02-22** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Rhoads, Gabbard, Kim; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Wakai, Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-02-28** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 772) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
+- **2019-02-28** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading.
+- **2019-02-28** One Day Notice 03-01-19.
+- **2019-03-01** Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Harimoto). Transmitted to House. `passage`
+- **2019-03-01** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 20). `introduction`
+- **2019-03-05** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-07** Referred to JUD, referral sheet 27 `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-12** Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Thursday, 03-14-19 2:00PM in House conference room 325.
+- **2019-03-14** The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 03-15-19 at 2:00pm.
+- **2019-03-14** Bill scheduled for decision making on Friday, 03-15-19 2:00PM in conference room 325.
+- **2019-03-15** The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, San Buenaventura, Brower, Creagan, Lowen, Morikawa, Say, Takayama, Yamane, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) McKelvey. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-28** Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1904), recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
+- **2019-03-28** Passed Second Reading; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cabanilla Arakawa, C. Lee excused (2).
+- **2019-03-29** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite, Hashem, Say, Tokioka excused (4). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
+- **2019-04-01** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 519). `introduction`
+- **2019-04-01** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-04-18** Act 011, on 04/17/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1112). `executive-signature`
+- **2019-04-22** Act 011, 04/17/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1112). `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb99ab9c-d1dc-4948-b5b8-998ec5f04287`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).
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