---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO LOVE MY LIBRARY DAY."
description: "Designates the first Friday in February of each year as \"Love My Library Day\" in the State. (SD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 2001"
citation: "Hawaii HB 2001 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Love My Library Day", "Observed Day"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["CHUN", "EVSLIN", "GARRETT", "ILAGAN", "KAHALOA", "KAPELA", "KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY", "KILA", "KITAGAWA", "KUSCH", "LEE", "M.", "MATAYOSHI", "MIYAKE", "MORIKAWA", "OLDS", "POEPOE", "SAYAMA", "TAKAYAMA", "TAKENOUCHI", "TARNAS", "TODD", "WOODSON"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-23"
last_action: "2026-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26cb9406-09a0-40a1-a08e-9b094de591b2"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2001&year=2026"
source_hash: "4ebf53e1754059fcd9313c8b9a51473ba8b672f3649859e91522d2300034ad1e"
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 2001 (2026) — RELATING TO LOVE MY LIBRARY DAY.

Designates the first Friday in February of each year as "Love My Library Day" in the State. (SD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB2001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2001_.HTM)
2. **HB2001_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2001_HD1_.HTM)
3. **HB2001_HD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2001_HD2_.HTM)
4. **HB2001_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB2001_SD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- Reconsider: The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee on CAA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on WLA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Reconsider: Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). — **25–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- CHUN — primary (person)
- EVSLIN — primary (person)
- GARRETT — primary (person)
- ILAGAN — primary (person)
- KAHALOA — primary (person)
- KAPELA — primary (person)
- KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY — primary (person)
- KILA — primary (person)
- KITAGAWA — primary (person)
- KUSCH — primary (person)
- LEE — primary (person)
- M. — primary (person)
- MATAYOSHI — primary (person)
- MIYAKE — primary (person)
- MORIKAWA — primary (person)
- OLDS — primary (person)
- POEPOE — primary (person)
- SAYAMA — primary (person)
- TAKAYAMA — primary (person)
- TAKENOUCHI — primary (person)
- TARNAS — primary (person)
- TODD — primary (person)
- WOODSON — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-05-14** Act 009, on 05/14/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1109). `became-law`
- **2026-05-14** Act 009, 05/14/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1109). `became-law`
- **2026-04-23** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2026-04-24** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 823). `receipt`
- **2026-04-23** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Evslin excused (1). `passage`
- **2026-04-23** House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
- **2026-04-23** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 815). `receipt`
- **2026-04-22** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-16-26.
- **2026-04-17** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 780). `receipt`
- **2026-04-16** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). `amendment-failure`
- **2026-04-14** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 649) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2026-04-14** Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2026-04-10** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-14-26.
- **2026-04-10** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-10** Reported from WLA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3728) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2026-04-08** The committee(s) on WLA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WLA were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Inouye, Chang, Lamosao; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) DeCorte. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-02** The committee(s) on WLA has scheduled a public hearing on 04-08-26 1:04PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
- **2026-04-02** Re-Referred to WLA. `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-12** Referred to WLA/EDU. `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-12** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2026-03-12** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 338). `introduction, receipt`
- **2026-03-10** Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Kong, Pierick excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2026-03-06** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-10-26.
- **2026-03-06** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1103-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2026-02-24** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Cochran, Kahaloa, Sayama, Takayama, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Hashem, Garcia. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-20** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 02-24-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2026-02-12** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Reported from CAA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 247-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
- **2026-02-06** The committee on CAA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Kapela, Kong, Garrett, Lee, M.; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Sayama, Reyes Oda. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-03** Bill scheduled to be heard by CAA on Friday, 02-06-26 9:30AM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2026-01-28** Referred to CAA, JHA, referral sheet 3 `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-26** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-01-23** Pending introduction.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26cb9406-09a0-40a1-a08e-9b094de591b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).