---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE."
description: "Reschedules the post-election assembly of presidential electors to the first Tuesday after the second Wednesday in December next following their election."
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1880"
citation: "Hawaii HB 1880 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Assembly", "Electors", "Office of Elections Package", "President"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SAIKI"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-18"
last_action: "2024-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/584b27ab-dc0b-44f6-aaa5-00e6f43c8e6a"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1880&year=2024"
source_hash: "971d30124fce66f144974ddee6ee218ab850457d5b0d7ec2a213d591ba318fcc"
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 HB 1880 (2024) — RELATING TO THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE.

Reschedules the post-election assembly of presidential electors to the first Tuesday after the second Wednesday in December next following their election.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB1880** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB1880_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- SAIKI — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-18** Act 006, 04/18/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1106). `became-law`
- **2024-04-18** Act 006, on 04/18/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1106). `became-law`
- **2024-04-03** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2024-04-03** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 365).
- **2024-04-03** Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 21; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 4 (Senator(s) Fukunaga, Ihara, Kidani, McKelvey). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2024-04-02** One Day Notice 04-03-24.
- **2024-04-02** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3415) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2024-03-14** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Elefante, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-08** The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 03-14-24 9:30AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
- **2024-03-07** Referred to JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-03-05** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 102). `introduction, receipt`
- **2024-03-01** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Quinlan, Woodson excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Passed Second Reading; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Aiu, Cochran, Garrett, Holt, Kahaloa, Lowen, Nishimoto, Quinlan, Todd excused (9).
- **2024-02-29** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 688-24), recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2024-01-30** 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`
- **2024-01-26** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 01-30-24 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2024-01-24** Referred to JHA, referral sheet 1 `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-19** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-18** Pending introduction.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/584b27ab-dc0b-44f6-aaa5-00e6f43c8e6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).