---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO WATER SAFETY DAY."
description: "Designates May 15 of each year as Water Safety Day. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2841"
citation: "Hawaii SB 2841 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Day of Observance", "Water Safety Day"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["AQUINO", "CHANG", "ELEFANTE", "FEVELLA", "KIDANI", "MCKELVEY", "MORIWAKI", "RICHARDS", "WAKAI"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-19"
last_action: "2024-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7848b019-0db8-4284-a61d-c5eb9e9184a7"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2841&year=2024"
source_hash: "46e5e85c5c3465eefc448ddb18db703bc753e64ad6372dd17ba3f3b548cbc370"
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 2841 (2024) — RELATING TO WATER SAFETY DAY.

Designates May 15 of each year as Water Safety Day. (CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB2841** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB2841_.HTM)
2. **SB2841_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB2841_CD1_.HTM)
3. **SB2841_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB2841_HD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **3–0** (pass) · lower
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee on CAI recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **3–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- AQUINO — primary (person)
- CHANG — primary (person)
- ELEFANTE — primary (person)
- FEVELLA — primary (person)
- KIDANI — primary (person)
- MCKELVEY — primary (person)
- MORIWAKI — primary (person)
- RICHARDS — primary (person)
- WAKAI — primary (person)
- San Buenaventura — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-05-15** Act 024, 05/15/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1124). `became-law`
- **2024-05-15** Act 024, on 05/15/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1124). `became-law`
- **2024-05-03** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **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`
- **2024-04-26** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-01-24.
- **2024-04-26** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 173-24) as amended in (CD 1).
- **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. 173-24).
- **2024-04-26** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Tam, Tarnas, Kitagawa; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ganaden, Alcos.
- **2024-04-26** 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) Lee, Elefante, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-25** Received notice of change in conferees (Hse. Com. No. 818). `receipt`
- **2024-04-25** Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Friday, 04-26-24 11:15AM in conference room 329.
- **2024-04-25** Re-referred to CAI, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 39 `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-24** House Conferees Added: Representative Kitagawa added as Co-Chair.
- **2024-04-25** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 817). `receipt`
- **2024-04-24** House Conferees Appointed: Tam, Tarnas Co-Chairs; Ganaden, Alcos.
- **2024-04-15** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 678). `receipt`
- **2024-04-15** Senate Conferees Appointed: Lee Chair; Elefante Co-Chair; Fevella.
- **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. 504). `introduction, receipt`
- **2024-04-01** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Belatti, Gates, Quinlan excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-01** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1584-24), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2024-03-21** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Evslin, Ganaden, Holt, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Kong, Miyake, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `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 CAI (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1174-24) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
- **2024-03-15** The committee on CAI recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Tam, Martinez, Garrett, Kapela, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Sayama. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-12** Bill scheduled to be heard by CAI on Friday, 03-15-24 10:00AM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2024-03-07** Referred to CAI, JHA, referral sheet 16 `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-07** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-03-05** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 212). `introduction, receipt`
- **2024-03-05** 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** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-01** Reported from TCA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2897) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2024-02-27** 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, Elefante, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Inouye, Awa. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-23** The committee(s) on TCA has scheduled a public hearing on 02-27-24 3:01PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
- **2024-01-24** Referred to TCA. `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/7848b019-0db8-4284-a61d-c5eb9e9184a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).