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Bill	RELATING TO ELECTIONS.	Enacts voting by mail uniformly across all counties for all elections commencing in 2020. Establishes a limited number of voter service centers that would remain open from the tenth business day preceding an election through the day of the election to receive personal delivery of mail-in ballots, accommodate voters with special needs, offer same day registration and voting, and provide other election services. Allows for additional places of deposit for personal delivery of mail-in ballots. Appropriates funds for the implementation and administration of the election by mail program. Requires the Office of Elections to submit a report to the legislature before the convening of each regular session from 2020 through 2025, regarding the implementation of a vote by mail system. (HB1248 CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2019 Regular Session	HB 1248	Hawaii HB 1248 (2019 Regular Session)	bill	Voting by Mail Voter Service Centers Places of Deposit Appropriations ($)	enacted	SAIKI	5	49	6	2019-01-23	2019-06-28	openstates	ocd-bill/54a1b7d3-8586-4ea4-80e1-16ceebc69811	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1248&year=2019	34289e147acd2c812711942fc0ffb7fa59e0684ea86701cd843eb4cdfb8819c1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 1248 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

Enacts voting by mail uniformly across all counties for all elections commencing in 2020. Establishes a limited number of voter service centers that would remain open from the tenth business day preceding an election through the day of the election to receive personal delivery of mail-in ballots, accommodate voters with special needs, offer same day registration and voting, and provide other election services. Allows for additional places of deposit for personal delivery of mail-in ballots. Appropriates funds for the implementation and administration of the election by mail program. Requires the Office of Elections to submit a report to the legislature before the convening of each regular session from 2020 through 2025, regarding the implementation of a vote by mail system. (HB1248 CD1)

Version chain

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

1. HB1248 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB1248_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB1248_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB1248_SD1 (committee substitute) — source
5. HB1248_SD2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–1 (pass) · upper
• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 4–0 (pass) · lower
• The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 4–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• SAIKI — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-23 Pending introduction.
• 2019-01-24 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
• 2019-01-28 Referred to JUD, FIN, referral sheet 6 referral-committee
• 2019-01-29 Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Thursday, 01-31-19 2:00PM in House conference room 325.
• 2019-01-31 The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-01-19.
• 2019-01-31 Bill scheduled for decision making on Friday, 02-01-19 2:01PM in conference room 325.
• 2019-02-01 The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-08-19.
• 2019-02-05 Bill scheduled for decision making on Friday, 02-08-19 2:00PM in conference room 325.
• 2019-02-08 The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, San Buenaventura, Brower, Creagan, Lowen, Morikawa, Say, Takayama, Yamane; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) McKelvey, Thielen. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-15 Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 755) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
• 2019-02-15 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Okimoto voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Aquino, DeCoite, Nakamura, Quinlan, Thielen excused (5). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2019-02-16 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 02-21-19 1:30PM in House conference room 308.
• 2019-02-20 The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Hashimoto; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Todd. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-01 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 971), recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2019-03-01 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Matsumoto, Okimoto, Ward voting no (3) and Representative(s) DeCoite excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2019-03-05 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 273). introduction
• 2019-03-05 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2019-03-05 Referred to JDC, WAM. referral-committee
• 2019-03-11 The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 03-14-19 9:30AM in conference room 016.
• 2019-03-14 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) K. Rhoads, Wakai, Gabbard, Kim; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-22 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1377) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
• 2019-03-22 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
• 2019-04-01 The committee(s) on WAM has scheduled a public hearing on 04-04-19 1:40PM in conference room 211.
• 2019-04-04 The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 9 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, Inouye, K. Kahele, Kanuha, Kidani, Moriwaki, Riviere, Shimabukuro; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 4 Excused: Senator(s) English, Harimoto, Taniguchi, Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-05 Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2015) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
• 2019-04-05 48 Hrs. Notice 04-09-19.
• 2019-04-09 Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Fevella). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Kidani). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2019-04-09 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 840) in amended form (SD 2).
• 2019-04-11 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
• 2019-04-12 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 804).
• 2019-04-15 House Conferees Appointed: C. Lee, Luke Co-Chairs; Cullen, Thielen.
• 2019-04-15 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 808).
• 2019-04-16 Senate Conferees Appointed: K. Rhoads Chair; Keith-Agaran Co-Chair; Kim, Fevella.
• 2019-04-16 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 902).
• 2019-04-17 Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-18-19 3:35PM in conference room 325.
• 2019-04-18 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Tuesday 04-23-19 3:01PM in conference room 325.
• 2019-04-23 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, Luke, Cullen, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
• 2019-04-23 The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Rhoads, Keith-Agaran, Kim; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Fevella; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-26 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 154) as amended in (CD 1).
• 2019-04-26 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-30-19.
• 2019-04-26 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 154).
• 2019-04-26 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-19.
• 2019-04-30 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
• 2019-04-30 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Ward voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Matsumoto, Okimoto voting no (2) and none excused (0).
• 2019-05-01 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 968).
• 2019-05-02 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 883).
• 2019-05-01 Transmitted to Governor.
• 2019-06-28 Act 136, on 06/25/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1238). executive-signature
• 2019-06-28 Act 136, 06/25/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1238). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/54a1b7d3-8586-4ea4-80e1-16ceebc69811. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).