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Bill	RELATING TO THE ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION OF BALLOTS.	Authorizes a voter with special needs, including a disability, to request that a ballot be forwarded by electronic transmission at any time. (SD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2019 Regular Session	HB 168	Hawaii HB 168 (2019 Regular Session)	bill	Office of Elections Package Electronic Transmission of Ballots Elections	enacted	SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party)	1	32	2	2019-01-17	2019-06-28	openstates	ocd-bill/f7e62846-2bc4-4763-93c1-8275658f0573	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=168&year=2019	16c17eebc16bbed8ae825aaabac13dd1efcf47d91fbbbead6e60514f82dfe668	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 168 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO THE ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION OF BALLOTS.

Authorizes a voter with special needs, including a disability, to request that a ballot be forwarded by electronic transmission at any time. (SD1)

Version chain

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

1. HB168 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 4–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• SAIKI (Introduced by request of another party) — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-17 Pending introduction.
• 2019-01-18 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
• 2019-01-22 Referred to JUD, referral sheet 2 referral-committee
• 2019-02-01 Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Tuesday, 02-05-19 2:05PM in House conference room 325.
• 2019-02-05 The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-06-19.
• 2019-02-05 Bill scheduled for decision making on Wednesday, 02-06-19 2:00PM in conference room 325.
• 2019-02-06 The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, San Buenaventura, Brower, Creagan, McKelvey, Morikawa, Takayama, Yamane; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Say; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Lowen, Thielen. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-28 Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 927), recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2019-02-28 Passed Second Reading; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite excused (1).
• 2019-03-01 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) DeCoite, Nakashima excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2019-03-05 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 149). introduction
• 2019-03-05 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2019-03-05 Referred to JDC. referral-committee
• 2019-03-08 The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 03-12-19 9:00AM in conference room 016.
• 2019-03-12 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
• 2019-03-29 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1669) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2019-03-29 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
• 2019-03-29 48 Hrs. Notice 04-01-19.
• 2019-04-01 Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 2 (Senator(s) Harimoto, Ruderman). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2019-04-01 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 549) in amended form (SD 1).
• 2019-04-02 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
• 2019-04-03 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 535).
• 2019-04-12 Senate Conferees Appointed: K. Rhoads Chair; Gabbard, Kim, Fevella.
• 2019-04-12 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 898).
• 2019-04-23 Reconsideration of action taken on 04-02-19.
• 2019-04-24 Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 853).
• 2019-04-24 House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
• 2019-04-24 Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Holt excused (1).
• 2019-04-25 Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 859).
• 2019-04-24 Transmitted to Governor.
• 2019-06-28 Act 137, on 06/25/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1239). executive-signature
• 2019-06-28 Act 137, 06/25/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1239). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f7e62846-2bc4-4763-93c1-8275658f0573. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).