---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO KIMCHI DAY."
description: "Designates November 22 of each year as \"Kimchi Day\" in the State."
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1950"
citation: "Hawaii HB 1950 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Kimchi Day", "November 22"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["AIU", "AMATO", "HUSSEY-BURDICK", "ICHIYAMA", "ILAGAN", "KAPELA", "KONG", "LA CHICA", "LOWEN", "MARTEN", "MATAYOSHI", "MORIKAWA", "NISHIMOTO", "PERRUSO", "POEPOE", "TAKAYAMA", "TAM", "TARNAS"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-19"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2942b82-62c7-4251-913d-33c11614812e"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1950&year=2024"
source_hash: "414cbdf5e80c4eaca032d460e28c7a0e9146528bfd84272ef21f5bdea4b1e4f5"
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 1950 (2024) — RELATING TO KIMCHI DAY.

Designates November 22 of each year as "Kimchi Day" in the State.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB1950** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB1950_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **3–1** (pass) · upper
- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee on CAI recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **5–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- AIU — primary (person)
- AMATO — primary (person)
- HUSSEY-BURDICK — primary (person)
- ICHIYAMA — primary (person)
- ILAGAN — primary (person)
- KAPELA — primary (person)
- KONG — primary (person)
- LA CHICA — primary (person)
- LOWEN — primary (person)
- MARTEN — primary (person)
- MATAYOSHI — primary (person)
- MORIKAWA — primary (person)
- NISHIMOTO — primary (person)
- PERRUSO — primary (person)
- POEPOE — primary (person)
- TAKAYAMA — primary (person)
- TAM — primary (person)
- TARNAS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-22** Act 008, 04/19/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1108). `became-law`
- **2024-04-19** Act 008, on 04/19/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1108). `became-law`
- **2024-04-04** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2024-04-04** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 474).
- **2024-04-04** Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 2 (Senator(s) DeCoite, Fevella). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2024-04-03** One Day Notice 4-4-24.
- **2024-04-03** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-03** Reported from TCA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3479) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2024-03-19** The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in TCA were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, Inouye, Elefante; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Kanuha. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-15** The committee(s) on TCA has scheduled a public hearing on 03-19-24 3:00PM; CR 224 & Videoconference.
- **2024-03-07** Referred to TCA. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-03-01** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 28). `introduction, receipt`
- **2024-02-29** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Holt excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 734-24), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2024-02-16** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Evslin, Ganaden, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Kong, Miyake; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Takayama, Holt, Souza. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-14** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Friday, 02-16-24 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2024-02-02** Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Pierick voting no (2) and Representative(s) Alcos, Gates, Kila, Nakashima excused (4). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** Reported from CAI (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 15-24), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
- **2024-01-31** The committee on CAI recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Tam, Martinez, Garrett, Kapela, Matayoshi; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Sayama, Alcos. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-26** Bill scheduled to be heard by CAI on Wednesday, 01-31-24 10:00AM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2024-01-24** Referred to CAI, JHA, referral sheet 1 `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-19** Pending introduction.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2942b82-62c7-4251-913d-33c11614812e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).