---
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).