---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATED TO ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES."
description: "Allows the Hawaiʻi Labor Relations Board to admit and consider hearsay evidence. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2718"
citation: "Hawaii SB 2718 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Procedures", "Hawaiʻi Labor Relations Board", "Hearsay Evidence"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["AQUINO", "CHANG", "FEVELLA"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-19"
last_action: "2024-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5303419-8e86-4661-9c6e-b3501f4d4168"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2718&year=2024"
source_hash: "62a0ce2d5708ada8b319616ff49ac4b3e35ea4c2c1ae3e4f1b9f283cf6e47cff"
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 2718 (2024) — RELATED TO ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES.

Allows the Hawaiʻi Labor Relations Board to admit and consider hearsay evidence. (CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB2718** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB2718_.HTM)
2. **SB2718_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB2718_CD1_.HTM)
3. **SB2718_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB2718_HD1_.HTM)
4. **SB2718_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB2718_SD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee on LGO recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- AQUINO — primary (person)
- CHANG — primary (person)
- FEVELLA — primary (person)
- Fukunaga — cosponsor (person)
- Kidani — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-07-02** Act 141, 07/01/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1242). `became-law`
- **2024-07-02** Act 141, on 07/01/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1242). `became-law`
- **2024-05-03** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830). `receipt`
- **2024-05-02** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-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; Representative(s) Amato voting no (1) and none excused (0). `passage`
- **2024-05-01** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). `passage`
- **2024-04-25** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday 05-01-24.
- **2024-04-25** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 30-24) as amended in (CD 1).
- **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. 30-24).
- **2024-04-22** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Tarnas, Garrett, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- **2024-04-22** 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) Aquino, Rhoads, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-19** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-22-24 10:01AM; Conference Room 016.
- **2024-04-15** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 678). `receipt`
- **2024-04-15** Senate Conferees Appointed: Aquino Chair; Rhoads Co-Chair; Fevella.
- **2024-04-16** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 737). `receipt`
- **2024-04-15** House Conferees Appointed: Matayoshi, Tarnas Co-Chairs; Garrett, Alcos.
- **2024-04-02** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 355). `receipt`
- **2024-04-02** Senate disagrees with House amendments. `amendment-failure`
- **2024-04-02** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 503). `introduction, receipt`
- **2024-04-01** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Amato voting no (1) and Representative(s) Belatti, Gates, Quinlan excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-01** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1585-24), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2024-03-21** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Ganaden, Holt, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Kong, Miyake, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Evslin. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-19** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 03-21-24 2:05PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2024-03-19** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Belatti, Hashem, Kong, Sayama excused (4). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** Reported from LGO (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1164-24) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
- **2024-03-14** The committee on LGO recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Garrett, Martinez, Tam; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Kapela, Sayama, Alcos. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** Bill scheduled to be heard by LGO on Thursday, 03-14-24 9:15AM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2024-03-07** Referred to LGO, JHA, referral sheet 16 `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-07** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-03-05** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 183) in amended form (SD 1). `introduction, receipt`
- **2024-03-05** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2024-03-01** One Day Notice 03-05-24.
- **2024-03-01** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2990) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
- **2024-03-01** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Elefante; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Awa. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-27** The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-01-24 10:00AM; CR 016 & Videoconference.
- **2024-02-13** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13** Reported from LBT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2272) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
- **2024-02-02** The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in LBT were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Aquino, Moriwaki, Ihara, Fevella, Lee; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-30** The committee(s) on LBT has scheduled a public hearing on 02-02-24 3:10PM; CR 224 & Videoconference.
- **2024-01-24** Referred to LBT, JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-19** Introduced. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5303419-8e86-4661-9c6e-b3501f4d4168`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).