---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY COUNCIL."
description: "Makes a housekeeping amendment to section 341-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to delete a reference to a repealed section. (SD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2023 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 422"
citation: "Hawaii SB 422 (2023 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environmental Advisory Council", "Housekeeping Measure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["AQUINO", "CHANG", "GABBARD", "MCKELVEY"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/445664c8-f44d-4af7-93e5-79ad4b7ef0f0"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=422&year=2023"
source_hash: "f20e99c5aeae34837f7f4750431c5199682dca1d8b6e76a2334e18532259fae4"
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 422 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY COUNCIL.

Makes a housekeeping amendment to section 341-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to delete a reference to a repealed section. (SD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB422** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB422_.HTM)
2. **SB422_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB422_SD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- AQUINO — primary (person)
- CHANG — primary (person)
- GABBARD — primary (person)
- MCKELVEY — primary (person)
- Awa — cosponsor (person)
- Dela Cruz — cosponsor (person)
- Keith-Agaran — cosponsor (person)
- Richards — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-20** Act 024, 04/19/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1124). `became-law`
- **2023-04-19** Act 024, on 04/19/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1124). `became-law`
- **2023-04-10** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-11** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 667). `introduction, receipt`
- **2023-04-06** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Nishimoto excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2023-04-06** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2067), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2023-03-31** The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Cochran, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kila, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Nishimoto, Takenouchi, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Poepoe, Alcos. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 03-31-23 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2023-03-16** Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Perruso excused (1). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1262), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2023-03-14** The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Cochran, Gates, Kahaloa, Woodson, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Perruso. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-10** Bill re-scheduled to be heard by EEP on Tuesday, 03-14-23 9:30AM in conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2023-03-10** Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Tuesday, 03-14-23 9:00AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2023-03-09** Referred to EEP, FIN , referral sheet 17 `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-03** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 46) in amended form (SD 1). `introduction, receipt`
- **2023-03-03** Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 3 (Senator(s) Fevella, Fukunaga, Ihara). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2023-03-02** One Day Notice 03-03-23.
- **2023-03-02** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 710) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
- **2023-02-24** 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, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) San Buenaventura. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21** The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-24-23 9:30AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
- **2023-02-08** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Reported from AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 87) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
- **2023-02-01** The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in AEN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Richards, DeCoite, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-27** The committee(s) on AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 02-01-23 1:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
- **2023-01-25** Referred to AEN, JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-20** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-20** Introduced. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/445664c8-f44d-4af7-93e5-79ad4b7ef0f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).