---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO ELECTIONS."
description: "Specifies that the practice of election fraud intimidation includes carrying any unconcealed firearm or dangerous instrument at or within two hundred feet of a voter service center, place of deposit, or polling place. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1030"
citation: "Hawaii SB 1030 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dangerous Instruments", "Election Fraud", "Firearms", "Voter Intimidation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C.", "CHANG", "LEE", "RHOADS", "WAKAI"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-01-17"
last_action: "2025-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a7d46f9-32ac-4ed2-bde8-bbfcb006dd03"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1030&year=2025"
source_hash: "4d8f61ef26b2d364902f2d04b29b6ae7b5abf5423edfd041418ca1016c4f5ccf"
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 1030 (2025) — RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

Specifies that the practice of election fraud intimidation includes carrying any unconcealed firearm or dangerous instrument at or within two hundred feet of a voter service center, place of deposit, or polling place. (CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB1030** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1030_.HTM)
2. **SB1030_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1030_CD1_.HTM)
3. **SB1030_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1030_HD1_.HTM)
4. **SB1030_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1030_SD1_.HTM)
5. **SB1030_SD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1030_SD2_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–1** (pass) · upper
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **2–1** (pass) · lower
- Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). — **22–3** (pass) · upper
- Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). — **23–2** (pass) · upper
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **9–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- C. — primary (person)
- CHANG — primary (person)
- LEE — primary (person)
- RHOADS — primary (person)
- WAKAI — primary (person)
- Ihara — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-03** Act 165, on 06/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1265). `became-law`
- **2025-06-03** Act 165, 06/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1265). `became-law`
- **2025-05-02** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-02** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 821). `receipt`
- **2025-05-01** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 888). `receipt`
- **2025-04-30** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Reyes Oda, Souza voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Matsumoto, Muraoka voting no (4) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte). Excused, 0 (none). `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-30-25.
- **2025-04-24** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 15) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2025-04-24** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-25.
- **2025-04-24** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 15).
- **2025-04-21** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 2 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Garcia; and 0 Excused: none.
- **2025-04-21** 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) Elefante, Rhoads, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-17** Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-21-25 3:45PM in conference room 325.
- **2025-04-16** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 809). `receipt`
- **2025-04-16** Senate Conferees Appointed: Elefante Chair; Rhoads Co-Chair; Wakai.
- **2025-04-15** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 731). `receipt`
- **2025-04-14** House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas Chair; Poepoe, Garcia.
- **2025-04-03** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 481). `receipt`
- **2025-04-03** Senate disagrees with House amendments. `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-03** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 441). `introduction, receipt`
- **2025-04-02** Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Matsumoto, Reyes Oda, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Muraoka, Pierick, Souza voting no (5) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2025-03-31** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with Representative(s) Matsumoto, Reyes Oda, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Muraoka, Pierick, Souza voting no (5) and Representative(s) Cochran, Hussey, Lowen, Ward excused (4).
- **2025-03-31** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1726) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2025-03-12** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Shimizu; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Garcia; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-10** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 03-12-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2025-03-06** Referred to JHA, referral sheet 19 `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-04** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 240) in amended form (SD 2). `introduction, receipt`
- **2025-03-04** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 3 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte, Fevella). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2025-02-28** 48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25.
- **2025-02-28** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 995) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
- **2025-02-21** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Chang, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-18** The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-21-25 10:20AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
- **2025-02-14** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-14** Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 556) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
- **2025-02-12** The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in PSM were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Elefante, Wakai, Fukunaga, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) DeCorte; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-07** The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 02-12-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
- **2025-01-23** Referred to PSM, JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-21** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-01-17** Introduced. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a7d46f9-32ac-4ed2-bde8-bbfcb006dd03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).