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type: "Bill"
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title: "RELATING TO BOARD MEETINGS."
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description: "Allows boards, under Hawaii' Sunshine Law, to provide a copy of the public notice of a meeting to the Office of the Lieutenant Governor or appropriate county clerk's office via electronic mail. (CD1)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
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legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
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session: "2018 Regular Session"
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identifier: "SB 2691"
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citation: "Hawaii SB 2691 (2018 Regular Session)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["State Agencies", "Boards", "Public Meetings", "Copy of Notice", "Electronic Mail"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["BAKER", "ENGLISH", "Galuteria", "HARIMOTO", "Ihara", "KEITH-AGARAN", "Ruderman", "TOKUDA"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 41
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2018-01-19"
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last_action: "2018-06-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d1ef693-52e5-44ac-9bd9-2f47d9fc8746"
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source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2691&year=2018"
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source_hash: "e3358bdd42871bd7c731813e95f5ae77a502a7e5833c64245941d41786ae49cf"
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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 SB 2691 (2018 Regular Session) — RELATING TO BOARD MEETINGS.
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Allows boards, under Hawaii' Sunshine Law, to provide a copy of the public notice of a meeting to the Office of the Lieutenant Governor or appropriate county clerk's office via electronic mail. (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. **SB2691** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/SB2691_.HTM)
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2. **SB2691_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/SB2691_CD1_.HTM)
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3. **SB2691_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/SB2691_HD1_.HTM)
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## Votes
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- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **2–0** (pass) · upper
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- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
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- The committees on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **3–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- BAKER — primary (person)
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- ENGLISH — primary (person)
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- Galuteria — primary (person)
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- HARIMOTO — primary (person)
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- Ihara — primary (person)
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- KEITH-AGARAN — primary (person)
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- Ruderman — primary (person)
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- TOKUDA — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-19** Introduced. `introduction`
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- **2018-01-22** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
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- **2018-01-24** Referred to JDC. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-30** The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 02-02-18 9:30AM in conference room 016.
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- **2018-02-02** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. 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`
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- **2018-02-09** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2162) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
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- **2018-02-09** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
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- **2018-02-09** 48 Hrs. Notice 02-12-18.
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- **2018-02-12** Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
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- **2018-02-12** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 15) in amended form (SD 1). `introduction`
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- **2018-02-13** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-20** Referred to LAB, JUD, referral sheet 28 `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-19** Bill scheduled to be heard by LAB on Thursday, 03-22-18 9:15AM in House conference room 309.
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- **2018-03-22** The committees on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, Holt, Evans, Ichiyama, Keohokalole, Yamashita, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-23** Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1470-18) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JUD.
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- **2018-03-23** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) C. Lee, Lowen, McDermott, Souki, Tokioka excused (5). `reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-27** Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Thursday, 03-29-18 2:00PM in House conference room 325.
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- **2018-03-29** The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Nishimoto, San Buenaventura, Brower, Morikawa, Takayama, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) C. Lee, McDermott. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-04-05** Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1854-18), recommending passage on Third Reading.
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- **2018-04-05** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Choy, Holt, C. Lee, LoPresti, Nakashima, Quinlan excused (6). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
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- **2018-04-06** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 461). `introduction`
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- **2018-04-06** Senate disagrees with House amendments.
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- **2018-04-06** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 574).
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- **2018-04-16** House Conferees Appointed: Johanson, San Buenaventura Co-Chairs; Holt, Matsumoto.
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- **2018-04-16** Senate Conferees Appointed: Taniguchi Chair; Kim, K. Rhoads.
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- **2018-04-16** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 610).
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- **2018-04-16** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 786).
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- **2018-04-23** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-24-18 1:50PM in conference room 329.
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- **2018-04-24** The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Taniguchi, Kim; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) K. Rhoads. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-04-24** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Johanson, San Buenaventura, Holt; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Matsumoto.
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- **2018-04-26** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 85-18).
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- **2018-04-26** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-18.
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- **2018-04-26** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 85-18) as amended in (CD 1).
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- **2018-04-26** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday 05-01-18.
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- **2018-05-01** 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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- **2018-05-01** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
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- **2018-05-01** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 849).
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- **2018-05-03** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 705).
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- **2018-05-03** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-06-29** Act 063, on 06/28/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1164). `executive-signature`
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- **2018-06-29** Act 063, 06/28/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1164). `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/6d1ef693-52e5-44ac-9bd9-2f47d9fc8746`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).
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