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Bill	RELATING TO CEMETERIES.	Limits liability for volunteers maintaining or repairing cemetery grounds. Requires the director of commerce and consumer affairs, in consultation with the comptroller, to develop strategies for the upkeep, repair, and maintenance of Sunset Memorial Park in Pearl City, Oahu. Requires report to legislature. (SD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2018 Regular Session	HB 1626	Hawaii HB 1626 (2018 Regular Session)	bill	Sunset Memorial Park Volunteers Limited Liability Repairs Maintenance Cemetery Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs	enacted	KONG TAKAYAMA TAKUMI YAMANE	2	44	5	2018-01-10	2018-07-11	openstates	ocd-bill/8accaa42-ba65-4057-87f1-d21ed48f51a1	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1626&year=2018	784da115f24a366640f4d37be2d16158739f074b3463f9d1a0ad60e96a74eeb3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 1626 (2018 Regular Session) — RELATING TO CEMETERIES.

Limits liability for volunteers maintaining or repairing cemetery grounds. Requires the director of commerce and consumer affairs, in consultation with the comptroller, to develop strategies for the upkeep, repair, and maintenance of Sunset Memorial Park in Pearl City, Oahu. Requires report to legislature. (SD1)

Version chain

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

1. HB1626 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB1626_HD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• The House Conference Managers recommend to agree to the Senate Amendments. — 3–0 (fail) · lower
• The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 11–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• KONG — primary (person)
• TAKAYAMA — primary (person)
• TAKUMI — primary (person)
• YAMANE — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-10 Prefiled.
• 2018-01-17 Introduced and Pass First Reading introduction, reading-1
• 2018-01-17 Referred to CPC, FIN, referral sheet 3 referral-committee
• 2018-01-29 Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Thursday, 02-01-18 2:00PM in House conference room 329.
• 2018-02-01 The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Ichiyama, Aquino, Ito, Johanson, LoPresti, Mizuno, Say, Tokioka, Yamane, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-02-08 Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 135-18) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
• 2018-02-08 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan, Tupola excused (2). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2018-02-16 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 02-21-18 2:00PM in House conference room 308.
• 2018-02-21 The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Cachola, DeCoite, Fukumoto, Gates, Holt, Kobayashi, Lowen, Nakamura, Todd, Yamashita, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Keohokalole, Tupola. committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-01 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 800-18), recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2018-03-01 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) McKelvey, Quinlan, Yamane excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2018-03-02 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 48). introduction
• 2018-03-02 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2018-03-06 Referred to CPH, JDC. referral-committee
• 2018-03-09 The committee(s) on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 03-13-18 9:00AM in conference room 229.
• 2018-03-13 The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPH were as follows: 6 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, S. Chang, Espero, Ihara, Nishihara, Ruderman; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Tokuda. committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-22 Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3073) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
• 2018-03-22 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.
• 2018-03-27 The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-29-18 9:30AM in conference room 016.
• 2018-03-29 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) Taniguchi, K. Rhoads, Kim, L. Thielen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard. committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-05 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3514) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
• 2018-04-05 One Day Notice 04-06-18.
• 2018-04-06 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 3 (Senator(s) Harimoto, Inouye, K. Kahele). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2018-04-06 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 557) in amended form (SD 1).
• 2018-04-10 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
• 2018-04-10 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 546).
• 2018-04-16 Re-referred to CPC, JUD, FIN, referral sheet 57 referral-committee
• 2018-04-16 House Conferees Appointed: Takumi, Nishimoto, Cachola Co-Chairs; McDermott.
• 2018-04-16 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 609).
• 2018-04-20 Senate Conferees Appointed: Baker Chair; Taniguchi Co-Chair; Nishihara.
• 2018-04-20 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 804).
• 2018-04-20 Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-23-18 2:30PM in conference room 229.
• 2018-04-23 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Tuesday 04-24-18 2:15PM in conference room 229.
• 2018-04-24 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-25-18 10:30AM in conference room 229.
• 2018-04-25 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-26-18 11:05AM in conference room 229.
• 2018-04-26 The House Conference Managers recommend to agree to the Senate Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Nishimoto, Cachola; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) McDermott.
• 2018-04-26 Reconsideration of action taken on 04-10-18.
• 2018-04-27 Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 683).
• 2018-04-27 House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
• 2018-04-27 Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite, Thielen, Tupola excused (3).
• 2018-05-01 Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 696).
• 2018-04-30 Transmitted to Governor.
• 2018-07-11 Act 193, 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1302). executive-signature
• 2018-07-11 Act 193, on 07/10/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1302). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8accaa42-ba65-4057-87f1-d21ed48f51a1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).