---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO LICENSING."
description: "Authorizes the Director of Health to permit synchronous online access to apply for marriage and civil union licenses in lieu of in-person applications, as specified in rules adopted by the Department of Health. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 2435"
citation: "Hawaii HB 2435 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Union Licenses", "DOH", "Marriage Licenses", "Rules", "Synchronous Online Access"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SAIKI"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-22"
last_action: "2024-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ff501b4-3ba0-4332-a4b3-0f1d4acbd7a4"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2435&year=2024"
source_hash: "d508f9576bdd6fd009bc09fd3cb232c09b5c1caa7a7a743c5bd2ab720250601a"
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 2435 (2024) — RELATING TO LICENSING.

Authorizes the Director of Health to permit synchronous online access to apply for marriage and civil union licenses in lieu of in-person applications, as specified in rules adopted by the Department of Health. (CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB2435** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB2435_.HTM)
2. **HB2435_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB2435_CD1_.HTM)
3. **HB2435_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB2435_HD1_.HTM)
4. **HB2435_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB2435_SD1_.HTM)
5. **HB2435_SD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB2435_SD2_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **2–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SAIKI — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-24** Act 072, 06/21/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1173). `became-law`
- **2024-06-24** Act 072, on 06/21/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1173). `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 Representative(s) Ganaden, Martinez, Nakashima excused (3). `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`
- **2024-04-25** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-24
- **2024-04-25** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 38-24).
- **2024-04-25** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-01-24.
- **2024-04-25** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 38-24) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2024-04-22** 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) San Buenaventura, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-22** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Ganaden, Takayama, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- **2024-04-19** Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-22-24 2:45PM in conference room 325.
- **2024-04-17** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 689). `receipt`
- **2024-04-17** Senate Conferees Appointed: San Buenaventura Chair; Rhoads Co-Chair; Awa.
- **2024-04-16** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 738). `receipt`
- **2024-04-15** House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas Chair; Ganaden, Takayama, Souza.
- **2024-04-12** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 731). `receipt`
- **2024-04-11** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). `amendment-failure`
- **2024-04-09** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 610) in amended form (SD 2).
- **2024-04-09** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Ihara). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2024-04-05** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-09-24.
- **2024-04-05** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3719) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
- **2024-04-04** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Elefante, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-27** The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-04-24 10:00AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
- **2024-03-21** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-21** Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3182) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
- **2024-03-15** The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Aquino, Keohokalole, Shimabukuro; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 03-15-24 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
- **2024-03-07** Referred to HHS, JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-07** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-03-07** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 379). `introduction, receipt`
- **2024-03-05** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Martinez, Woodson excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Aiu, Cochran, Garrett, Holt, Kahaloa, Lowen, Nishimoto, Quinlan, Todd excused (9).
- **2024-02-29** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 665-24) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2024-02-21** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Evslin, Ganaden, Holt, Ichiyama, Kong, Miyake, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ilagan. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-16** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 02-21-24 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2024-01-26** Referred to JHA, referral sheet 3 `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/6ff501b4-3ba0-4332-a4b3-0f1d4acbd7a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).