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+type: "Bill"
+title: "RELATING TO RECOUNTS."
+description: "Provides that a mandatory recount shall occur when the difference in votes cast is equal to or less than 100 votes or one-quarter of 1% of the total number of votes cast for the contest, whichever is lesser. Establishes that the filing deadline for a complaint for a contest for cause that arises from a mandatory recount shall be the same as the filing deadline for complaints for contests in which no mandatory recount was held."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
+legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 129"
+citation: "Hawaii HB 129 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Contests", "Mandatory Recounts", "Office of Elections Package", "Procedures"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["SAIKI"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-01-17"
+last_action: "2024-03-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c6850a0-4d1a-41f6-88e8-6c7dce4c72ce"
+source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=129&year=2024"
+source_hash: "7262e9f2b77514bdd2f06c5ce48ebd8ab7b20d81aff9aba255e2a567bbbd9a3d"
+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 HB 129 (2024) — RELATING TO RECOUNTS.
+
+Provides that a mandatory recount shall occur when the difference in votes cast is equal to or less than 100 votes or one-quarter of 1% of the total number of votes cast for the contest, whichever is lesser. Establishes that the filing deadline for a complaint for a contest for cause that arises from a mandatory recount shall be the same as the filing deadline for complaints for contests in which no mandatory recount was held.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB129** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB129_.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
+- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **4–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- SAIKI — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-03-07** Act 001, 03/05/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1101). `became-law`
+- **2024-03-05** Act 001, on 03/05/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1101). `became-law`
+- **2024-02-12** Transmitted to Governor.
+- **2024-02-13** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 4). `receipt`
+- **2024-02-12** Passed Final Reading with none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Amato, Lowen, Nakashima, Quinlan, Todd excused (5). `passage`
+- **2024-02-08** Deferred two days 02-12-24. `deferral`
+- **2024-02-07** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 6).
+- **2024-02-07** Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
+- **2024-02-06** One Day Notice 02-07-24.
+- **2024-02-06** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading. `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-06** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2151) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
+- **2024-01-25** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Elefante, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-01-19** The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 01-25-24 10:00AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
+- **2023-12-11** Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. `carried-over`
+- **2023-02-14** Referred to JDC. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-14** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-14** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 11). `introduction, receipt`
+- **2023-02-13** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Kapela excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
+- **2023-02-10** Passed Second Reading; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
+- **2023-02-10** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 285), recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
+- **2023-02-02** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Ganaden, Holt, Hashimoto, Ilagan, Kong, Mizuno, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-01-31** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 02-02-23 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
+- **2023-01-25** Referred to JHA, referral sheet 1 `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-19** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-01-17** Prefiled.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c6850a0-4d1a-41f6-88e8-6c7dce4c72ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).
+