---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO BOARDS OF REGISTRATION."
description: "Requires members of each board of registration be a registered voter in the respective county of the board to which the member is appointed and remain a registered voter in that county for their term of office. Establishes methods for determining and verifying a board member's political party membership. Takes effect 1/1/2024. (SD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2023 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 9"
citation: "Hawaii SB 9 (2023 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards of Registration", "Elections", "Political Parties"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["RHOADS"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d100ded-2f16-43cb-a66d-ffd21a5ab235"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=9&year=2023"
source_hash: "2d93c899548b9b9efde7fca7ccff5952def780272b1d7ab9f9b3eccebb7247a4"
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 9 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO BOARDS OF REGISTRATION.

Requires members of each board of registration be a registered voter in the respective county of the board to which the member is appointed and remain a registered voter in that county for their term of office. Establishes methods for determining and verifying a board member's political party membership. Takes effect 1/1/2024. (SD1)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **SB9** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB9_.HTM)
2. **SB9_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB9_SD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- RHOADS — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-04-20** Act 013, 04/19/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1113). `became-law`
- **2023-04-19** Act 013, on 04/19/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1113). `became-law`
- **2023-03-31** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-31** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 476). `introduction, receipt`
- **2023-03-30** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ichiyama, Ilagan, Sayama, Woodson excused (4). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2023-03-29** Passed Second Reading; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
- **2023-03-29** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1631), recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2023-03-17** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Ganaden, Ichiyama, Kong, Mizuno, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Holt, Hashimoto, Ilagan. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Friday, 03-17-23 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2023-02-16** Referred to JHA, referral sheet 15 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-03** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 6). `introduction, receipt`
- **2023-02-03** Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2023-02-01** 48 Hrs. Notice 02-03-23.
- **2023-02-01** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2023-01-27** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Elefante, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-23** The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 01-27-23 10:00AM; CR 016 & Videoconference.
- **2023-01-20** Referred to JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Introduced and passed First Reading. `introduction`
- **2023-01-12** Pending Introduction.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d100ded-2f16-43cb-a66d-ffd21a5ab235`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).