--- type: "Bill" title: "RELATING TO CAST BALLOTS." description: "Guarantees the vote of eligible voters who cast their ballot and then subsequently die or otherwise become ineligible before election day. (CD1)" jurisdiction: "us/states/hi" legislature: "Hawaii Legislature" session: "2023 Regular Session" identifier: "SB 19" citation: "Hawaii SB 19 (2023 Regular Session)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Cast Ballots", "Elections", "Ineligible Voters"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["RHOADS"] version_count: 3 action_count: 39 vote_count: 4 first_action: "2023-01-12" last_action: "2023-06-23" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6468351a-a250-4ba7-9c23-73f34fb3b1de" source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=19&year=2023" source_hash: "78b33407d4472f159774f8754e5322c184cc2ef2b590fc10cf9f4998c8a5545a" 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 19 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO CAST BALLOTS. Guarantees the vote of eligible voters who cast their ballot and then subsequently die or otherwise become ineligible before election day. (CD1) ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **SB19** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB19_.HTM) 2. **SB19_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB19_CD1_.HTM) 3. **SB19_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB19_HD1_.HTM) ## Votes - The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **4–1** (pass) · lower - The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **4–1** (pass) · upper - The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **7–0** (pass) · lower - The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - RHOADS — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-06-23** Act 113, 06/23/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1214). `became-law` - **2023-06-23** Act 113, on 06/23/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1214). `became-law` - **2023-05-03** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt` - **2023-05-04** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 900). `receipt` - **2023-05-02** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 993). `receipt` - **2023-05-02** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Gates, Holt, Lamosao, Pierick, Quinlan voting no (7) and none excused (0). `passage` - **2023-05-02** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 0 (none). `passage` - **2023-04-27** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 05-02-23. - **2023-04-27** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 35) as amended in (CD 1). - **2023-04-27** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-02-23. - **2023-04-27** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 35). - **2023-04-26** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Kong, Takayama, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Holt; and 0 Excused: none. - **2023-04-26** The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Elefante, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-04-25** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-26-23 3:05PM; Conference Room 325. - **2023-04-24** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 976). `receipt` - **2023-04-24** Senate Conferees Appointed: Rhoads Chair; Elefante, San Buenaventura. - **2023-04-21** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 829). `receipt` - **2023-04-20** House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas Chair; Holt, Kong, Takayama, Souza. - **2023-04-04** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 557). `receipt` - **2023-04-04** Senate disagrees with House amendments. `amendment-failure` - **2023-04-04** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 525). `introduction, receipt` - **2023-04-03** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Gates, Holt, Kahaloa, Lamosao, Pierick, Quinlan voting no (6) and Representative(s) Nishimoto excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage` - **2023-03-31** Deferred one day 04-03-23. `deferral` - **2023-03-29** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with Representative(s) Matsumoto voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Pierick voting no (3) and none excused (0). - **2023-03-29** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1620) as amended in HD 1, 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, WITH AMENDMENTS. 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` - **2023-02-03** Pass First Reading `reading-1` - **2023-02-02** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 4). `introduction, receipt` - **2023-02-02** Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, Fevella). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Ihara). Transmitted to House. `passage` - **2023-02-01** One Day Notice 02-02-23. - **2023-02-01** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading. `reading-2, referral-committee` - **2023-02-01** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading. - **2023-01-27** 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` - **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/6468351a-a250-4ba7-9c23-73f34fb3b1de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).