---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO BROTHER JOSEPH DUTTON DAY."
description: "Designates April 27 of every year as Brother Joseph Dutton Day."
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 2256"
citation: "Hawaii SB 2256 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Brother Joseph Dutton Day", "Day of Observance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["CHANG", "DECOITE", "ELEFANTE", "FEVELLA", "GABBARD", "HASHIMOTO", "INOUYE", "MCKELVEY", "MORIWAKI", "RICHARDS", "SAN BUENAVENTURA"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45797f61-4ef3-4c47-9e0d-fd73a56abc07"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2256&year=2026"
source_hash: "6a1e963bfe9648b3338ea009a74dab700d569ee0a540cfc9a1faaad670030090"
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 2256 (2026) — RELATING TO BROTHER JOSEPH DUTTON DAY.

Designates April 27 of every year as Brother Joseph Dutton Day.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB2256** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2256_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee(s) on WLA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Third Reading. — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee on CAA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **6–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- CHANG — primary (person)
- DECOITE — primary (person)
- ELEFANTE — primary (person)
- FEVELLA — primary (person)
- GABBARD — primary (person)
- HASHIMOTO — primary (person)
- INOUYE — primary (person)
- MCKELVEY — primary (person)
- MORIWAKI — primary (person)
- RICHARDS — primary (person)
- SAN BUENAVENTURA — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-24** Act 004, on 04/23/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1104). `became-law`
- **2026-04-24** Act 004, 04/23/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1104). `became-law`
- **2026-04-08** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-08** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 482). `introduction, receipt`
- **2026-04-08** Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2026-04-08** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1815-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2026-03-31** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Hashem, Kahaloa, Takayama, Cochran, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Sayama. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-25** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 03-31-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2026-03-24** Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Garrett, Quinlan excused (2). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-24** Reported from CAA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1358-26), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
- **2026-03-18** The committee on CAA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Kapela, Kong, Garrett, Lee, M., Sayama, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-12** Bill scheduled to be heard by CAA on Wednesday, 03-18-26 10:30AM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2026-03-12** Referred to CAA, JHA, referral sheet 17 `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-12** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2026-03-10** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 201). `introduction, receipt`
- **2026-03-10** Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2026-03-06** One Day Notice 03-10-26.
- **2026-03-06** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-06** Reported from WLA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2962) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2026-02-13** The committee(s) on WLA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WLA were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Inouye, Lamosao, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Chang. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-10** The committee(s) on WLA has scheduled a public hearing on 02-13-26 1:01PM; CR 224 & Videoconference.
- **2026-01-26** Referred to WLA. `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** Introduced and passed First Reading. `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** Pending Introduction.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/45797f61-4ef3-4c47-9e0d-fd73a56abc07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).