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type: "Bill"
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title: "RELATING TO PUBLIC MEETINGS."
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description: "Requires state and county boards to make meeting documents available to the public. Clarifies notice requirements. Accounts for electronic documents and notices. (HB165 CD1)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
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legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
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session: "2017 Regular Session"
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identifier: "HB 165"
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citation: "Hawaii HB 165 (2017 Regular Session)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Sunshine Law", "Public Agency Meetings and Records"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["NISHIMOTO"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 45
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2017-01-19"
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last_action: "2017-06-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/909a5571-1fbb-4363-9484-762a6a529a83"
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source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=165&year=2017"
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source_hash: "a676f8fd77b5133b8546770ddab10d5b7f8f7174ba9ed7989ef672939937be74"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-hi"]
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---
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# Hawaii HB 165 (2017 Regular Session) — RELATING TO PUBLIC MEETINGS.
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Requires state and county boards to make meeting documents available to the public. Clarifies notice requirements. Accounts for electronic documents and notices. (HB165 CD1)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB165** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/HB165_.HTM)
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2. **HB165_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/HB165_CD1_.HTM)
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3. **HB165_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/HB165_HD1_.HTM)
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4. **HB165_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/HB165_SD1_.HTM)
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## Votes
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- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). — **25–0** (pass) · legislature
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- The committee(s) on JDL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
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- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **2–0** (pass) · legislature
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- The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
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- The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
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- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- NISHIMOTO — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-19** Pending introduction.
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- **2017-01-20** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-23** Referred to JUD, referral sheet 1 `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-22** Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Friday, 02-24-17 2:00PM in House conference room 325.
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- **2017-02-24** The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Nishimoto, San Buenaventura, Belatti, Brower, Johanson, C. Lee, Morikawa, Nakashima, Oshiro, McDermott, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-02** Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 790) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
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- **2017-03-02** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ichiyama excused (1).
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- **2017-03-07** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ichiyama excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
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- **2017-03-09** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 227). `introduction`
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- **2017-03-09** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
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- **2017-03-09** Referred to GVO, JDL. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-13** The committee(s) on GVO has scheduled a public hearing on 03-16-17 2:50PM in conference room 224.
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- **2017-03-13** Re-Referred to GVO, JDL/WAM.
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- **2017-03-16** The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in GVO were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kim, Ruderman, K. Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Galuteria, Tokuda. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-24** Reported from GVO (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1069) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDL/WAM.
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- **2017-03-24** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDL/WAM.
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- **2017-03-24** The committee(s) on JDL/WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-30-17 9:50AM in conference room 211.
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- **2017-03-30** The committee(s) on JDL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDL were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keith-Agaran, K. Rhoads, Gabbard, Kim, L. Thielen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-30** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 8 Aye(s): Senator(s) Tokuda, Dela Cruz, Galuteria, Harimoto, Inouye, Riviere, Taniguchi, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) English, K. Kahele, Shimabukuro. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-04-07** Reported from JDL/WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1487) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
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- **2017-04-07** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-11-17.
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- **2017-04-11** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
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- **2017-04-11** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 550) in amended form (SD 2).
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- **2017-04-13** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
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- **2017-04-17** Re-referred to JUD, FIN, referral sheet 45 `referral-committee`
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- **2017-04-17** House Conferees Appointed: Nishimoto, Cachola Co-Chairs; McDermott.
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- **2017-04-17** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 585).
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- **2017-04-17** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 586).
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- **2017-04-24** Senate Conferees Appointed: Kim Chair; Keith-Agaran, Harimoto Co-Chairs; Ruderman.
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- **2017-04-24** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 707).
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- **2017-04-26** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-27-17 2:35PM in conference room 309.
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- **2017-04-27** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-17 3:15PM in conference room 309.
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- **2017-04-28** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 2 Ayes: Representative(s) Nishimoto, Cachola; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) McDermott.
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- **2017-04-28** The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kim, Keith-Agaran, Harimoto, Ruderman; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-04-28** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 161) as amended in (CD 1).
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- **2017-04-28** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 05-02-17.
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- **2017-04-28** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 161).
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- **2017-04-28** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-02-17.
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- **2017-05-02** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). 25 Aye(s); Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
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- **2017-05-02** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
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- **2017-05-03** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 737).
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- **2017-05-04** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 642).
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- **2017-05-03** Transmitted to Governor.
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- **2017-06-30** Act 064, on 06/29/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1165). `executive-signature`
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- **2017-06-29** Act 064, 06/30/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1165). `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/909a5571-1fbb-4363-9484-762a6a529a83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).
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