---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO PUBLIC AGENCY MEETINGS."
description: "Requires a Public Agency Board to report any discussion or final action taken during an executive meeting; provided that such disclosure is not inconsistent with the purpose of convening the executive meeting, but giving the Board discretion to maintain confidentiality."
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2023 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 1513"
citation: "Hawaii SB 1513 (2023 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Executive Meeting", "Public Agency Meeting"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["IHARA", "MCKELVEY", "SHIMABUKURO"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01014e0f-62f6-411c-9f78-8dad98d6c5fd"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1513&year=2023"
source_hash: "a41b8d11f47934cb96a16cebb1d67ee41d108e0995b1afd14c7e83a60c0b1ba1"
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 1513 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO PUBLIC AGENCY MEETINGS.

Requires a Public Agency Board to report any discussion or final action taken during an executive meeting; provided that such disclosure is not inconsistent with the purpose of convening the executive meeting, but giving the Board discretion to maintain confidentiality.

## Version chain

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

1. **SB1513** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB1513_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- IHARA — primary (person)
- MCKELVEY — primary (person)
- SHIMABUKURO — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-20** Act 019, 04/19/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1119). `became-law`
- **2023-04-19** Act 019, on 04/19/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1119). `became-law`
- **2023-03-31** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-31** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 482). `introduction, receipt`
- **2023-03-30** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ichiyama, Ilagan, Sayama, Woodson excused (4). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2023-03-29** Passed Second Reading; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
- **2023-03-29** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1632), recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2023-03-22** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Ganaden, Hashimoto, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Kong, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Holt, Mizuno. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 03-22-23 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2023-03-09** Referred to JHA, referral sheet 17 `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-07** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 473). `introduction, receipt`
- **2023-03-07** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Fukunaga). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2023-03-03** One Day Notice 03-07-23.
- **2023-03-03** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1078) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
- **2023-03-01** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. 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`
- **2023-02-24** The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-01-23 9:30AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
- **2023-02-17** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDC. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17** Reported from GVO (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 497) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to JDC.
- **2023-02-14** The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in GVO were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) McKelvey, Gabbard, San Buenaventura, Wakai, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-09** The committee(s) on GVO has scheduled a public hearing on 02-14-23 3:10PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
- **2023-01-30** Referred to GVO, JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-27** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-25** Introduced. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/01014e0f-62f6-411c-9f78-8dad98d6c5fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).