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type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO THE UNIFORM CERTIFICATE OF TITLE FOR VESSELS ACT."
description: "Requires certain vessel owners to apply for a certificate of title within twenty days of becoming an owner or within twenty days of establishing principal use of the vessel in waters of the State. Establishes what information is required to be included in an application for a certificate of title; how to deal with transfer of vessel ownership and title; rights of a secured party; and rights of a purchaser other than a secured party. (SD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2018 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2596"
citation: "Hawaii HB 2596 (2018 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Uniform Certificate of Title for Vessels Act", "Vessel Titling"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["YAMANE"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-24"
last_action: "2018-06-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d871e4ae-52f2-4cac-a8c6-f50632ca4c0c"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2596&year=2018"
source_hash: "f6d40736cdc447f67b4e74c12f98d724e69e176523d1a8aa4d518f54d6436100"
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 2596 (2018 Regular Session) — RELATING TO THE UNIFORM CERTIFICATE OF TITLE FOR VESSELS ACT.
Requires certain vessel owners to apply for a certificate of title within twenty days of becoming an owner or within twenty days of establishing principal use of the vessel in waters of the State. Establishes what information is required to be included in an application for a certificate of title; how to deal with transfer of vessel ownership and title; rights of a secured party; and rights of a purchaser other than a secured party. (SD1)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB2596** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/HB2596_.HTM)
2. **HB2596_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/HB2596_HD1_.HTM)
3. **HB2596_HD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/HB2596_HD2_.HTM)
## Votes
- The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **30** (pass) · upper
- The committees on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **50** (pass) · lower
- The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **90** (pass) · lower
- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **130** (pass) · lower
- The House Conference Managers recommend to agree to the Senate Amendments. — **30** (fail) · lower
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **40** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- YAMANE — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-01-24** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-29** Referred to TRN, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 9 `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-30** Bill scheduled to be heard by TRN on Friday, 02-02-18 10:30AM in House conference room 423.
- **2018-02-02** The committees on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Aquino, Quinlan, Brower, Nakamura, San Buenaventura; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Hashem, McDermott. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-08** Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 121-18) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
- **2018-02-08** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan, Tupola excused (2). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-09** Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Monday, 02-12-18 2:00PM in House conference room 329.
- **2018-02-12** The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Ichiyama, Aquino, Johanson, LoPresti, Mizuno, Say, Tokioka, Yamane; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ito, McDermott. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-15** Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 500-18) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
- **2018-02-15** Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite, Ing, McDermott, Nakamura, Souki, Todd excused (6).
- **2018-02-20** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 02-22-18 11:00AM in House conference room 308.
- **2018-02-22** The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Cachola, DeCoite, Gates, Holt, Keohokalole, Kobayashi, Lowen, Nakamura, Todd, Yamashita, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Fukumoto, Tupola. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-01** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 838-18), 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, Yamane excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2018-03-02** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 115). `introduction`
- **2018-03-02** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-03-08** Referred to WTL, JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-15** The committee(s) on WTL has scheduled a public hearing on 03-19-18 2:55PM in conference room 224.
- **2018-03-19** The committee(s) on WTL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WTL were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Rhoads, Riviere, L. Thielen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard, Inouye. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-23** Reported from WTL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3187) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
- **2018-03-23** 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`
- **2018-04-03** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3382) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
- **2018-04-03** One Day Notice 04-04-18.
- **2018-04-04** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Tokuda). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2018-04-04** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 480) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2018-04-05** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
- **2018-04-06** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 447).
- **2018-04-16** House Conferees Appointed: Aquino, Takumi, Cullen Co-Chairs; McDermott.
- **2018-04-16** Senate Conferees Appointed: K. Rhoads Chair; Taniguchi Co-Chair; L. Thielen.
- **2018-04-16** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 609).
- **2018-04-16** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 785).
- **2018-04-19** Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-23-18 10:45AM in conference room 225.
- **2018-04-23** The House Conference Managers recommend to agree to the Senate Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Aquino, Takumi, Cullen; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) McDermott.
- **2018-04-27** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-05-18.
- **2018-05-01** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 694).
- **2018-05-01** House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
- **2018-05-01** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Onishi, Takumi excused (2).
- **2018-05-03** Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 703).
- **2018-05-01** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2018-06-20** Act 046, on 06/20/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1146). `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-21** Act 046, 06/20/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1146). `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d871e4ae-52f2-4cac-a8c6-f50632ca4c0c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).