---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO CEMETERIES."
description: "Authorizes the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to appoint an organization as the limited owner of a cemetery, under certain circumstances, for the purposes of filing complaints and engaging in certain security and perpetual care activities for the cemetery. Requires an appointed limited owner of a cemetery to submit annual progress reports to the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 2192"
citation: "Hawaii HB 2192 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cemeteries", "DCCA", "Limited Ownership", "Perpetual Care", "Reports", "Security"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["AMATO", "BELATTI", "CHUN", "COCHRAN", "HASHEM", "HOLT", "HUSSEY-BURDICK", "ICHIYAMA", "KAPELA", "KILA", "KITAGAWA", "KOBAYASHI", "KONG", "LAMOSAO", "MARTEN", "MARTINEZ", "MATAYOSHI", "MIYAKE", "MORIKAWA", "NAKASHIMA", "ONISHI", "PERRUSO", "QUINLAN", "SAYAMA", "SOUZA", "TAKAYAMA", "TAKENOUCHI", "TAM", "TARNAS", "TODD"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 42
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-22"
last_action: "2024-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4238b022-141c-40db-8d21-de65529d9b54"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2192&year=2024"
source_hash: "141895780544497dcbc0210a55a284e104527a8524ec05e4487f7b471a81ac28"
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 2192 (2024) — RELATING TO CEMETERIES.

Authorizes the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to appoint an organization as the limited owner of a cemetery, under certain circumstances, for the purposes of filing complaints and engaging in certain security and perpetual care activities for the cemetery. Requires an appointed limited owner of a cemetery to submit annual progress reports to the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. (CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB2192** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB2192_.HTM)
2. **HB2192_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB2192_CD1_.HTM)
3. **HB2192_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB2192_HD1_.HTM)
4. **HB2192_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB2192_SD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **2–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- AMATO — primary (person)
- BELATTI — primary (person)
- CHUN — primary (person)
- COCHRAN — primary (person)
- HASHEM — primary (person)
- HOLT — primary (person)
- HUSSEY-BURDICK — primary (person)
- ICHIYAMA — primary (person)
- KAPELA — primary (person)
- KILA — primary (person)
- KITAGAWA — primary (person)
- KOBAYASHI — primary (person)
- KONG — primary (person)
- LAMOSAO — primary (person)
- MARTEN — primary (person)
- MARTINEZ — primary (person)
- MATAYOSHI — primary (person)
- MIYAKE — primary (person)
- MORIKAWA — primary (person)
- NAKASHIMA — primary (person)
- ONISHI — primary (person)
- PERRUSO — primary (person)
- QUINLAN — primary (person)
- SAYAMA — primary (person)
- SOUZA — primary (person)
- TAKAYAMA — primary (person)
- TAKENOUCHI — primary (person)
- TAM — primary (person)
- TARNAS — primary (person)
- TODD — primary (person)
- Ganaden — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-07-05** Act 193, 07/03/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1294). `became-law`
- **2024-07-05** Act 193, on 07/03/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1294). `became-law`
- **2024-05-02** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2024-05-03** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830). `receipt`
- **2024-05-01** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 798). `receipt`
- **2024-05-01** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). `passage`
- **2024-05-01** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none. `passage`
- **2024-04-26** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-24
- **2024-04-26** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 107-24).
- **2024-04-26** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-01-24.
- **2024-04-26** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 107-24) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2024-04-26** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Amato, Kitagawa, Chun, Takayama, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- **2024-04-26** The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-23** Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Friday 04-26-24 2:30PM in conference room 224.
- **2024-04-22** Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Tuesday, 04-23-24 2:30PM in conference room 224.
- **2024-04-16** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 683). `receipt`
- **2024-04-16** Senate Conferees Appointed: Keohokalole Chair; Fukunaga, Awa.
- **2024-04-16** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 738). `receipt`
- **2024-04-15** House Conferees Appointed: Amato, Kitagawa Co-Chairs; Chun, Takayama, Pierick.
- **2024-04-11** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 691). `receipt`
- **2024-04-09** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). `amendment-failure`
- **2024-04-05** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 487) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2024-04-05** Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 3 (Senator(s) Fevella, Gabbard, Kidani). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2024-04-03** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-05-24.
- **2024-04-03** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-03** Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3482) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2024-03-28** The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, McKelvey, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Richards. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-22** The committee(s) on CPN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-28-24 9:30AM; CR 229 & Videoconference.
- **2024-03-07** Referred to CPN. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-03-01** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 39). `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 FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 707-24), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2024-02-22** The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kila, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Alcos, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Nishimoto. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-20** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 02-22-24 10:00AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2024-02-07** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Nakashima, Ward excused (2). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 123-24) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2024-01-31** The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Sayama, Amato, Belatti, Hashem, Hussey-Burdick, Gates, Onishi, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Nakashima, Lowen, Tam. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-29** Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Wednesday, 01-31-24 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2024-01-24** Referred to CPC, FIN, referral sheet 2 `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-22** Pending introduction.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4238b022-141c-40db-8d21-de65529d9b54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).