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Bill	RELATING TO PUBLIC MEETINGS.	Requires public meeting notices to include instructions regarding accommodations for persons with disabilities. Requires boards to post a notice in the board's office and to retain a copy of proof of filing the notice with the Lieutenant Governor's office or county clerk's office. Requires the Lieutenant Governor's office or the county clerk's office to timely post paper or electronic copies of all meeting notices in a central location in a public building. Requires an emergency meeting agenda to be filed with the Lieutenant Governor's office or the county clerk's office and posted in the board's office. (CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2019 Regular Session	SB 335	Hawaii SB 335 (2019 Regular Session)	bill	Deaf and Blind Task Force Public Meetings Notice	enacted	HARIMOTO K. RHOADS Ruderman	4	45	6	2019-01-18	2019-07-09	openstates	ocd-bill/88e60b0b-a1e0-4460-a497-009030eef30b	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=335&year=2019	88509f907447e8da411d5f294e5238a312bcb77880fe4b471935e79dffd5b344	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii SB 335 (2019 Regular Session) — RELATING TO PUBLIC MEETINGS.

Requires public meeting notices to include instructions regarding accommodations for persons with disabilities. Requires boards to post a notice in the board's office and to retain a copy of proof of filing the notice with the Lieutenant Governor's office or county clerk's office. Requires the Lieutenant Governor's office or the county clerk's office to timely post paper or electronic copies of all meeting notices in a central location in a public building. Requires an emergency meeting agenda to be filed with the Lieutenant Governor's office or the county clerk's office and posted in the board's office. (CD1)

Version chain

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

1. SB335 (committee substitute) — source
2. SB335_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. SB335_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
4. SB335_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 4–0 (pass) · lower
• The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 12–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• HARIMOTO — primary (person)
• K. RHOADS — primary (person)
• Ruderman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-18 Introduced. introduction
• 2019-01-22 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2019-01-22 Referred to GVO, JDC. referral-committee
• 2019-02-08 The committee(s) on GVO has scheduled a public hearing on 02-12-19 2:50PM in conference room 225.
• 2019-02-12 The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in GVO were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) L. Thielen, Inouye, Kanuha, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Baker. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-15 Reported from GVO (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 639) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
• 2019-02-15 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.
• 2019-02-15 The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-22-19 9:00AM in conference room 016.
• 2019-02-22 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
• 2019-03-01 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1021) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
• 2019-03-01 48 Hrs. Notice 03-05-19.
• 2019-03-05 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Harimoto). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2019-03-05 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 101) in amended form (SD 2). introduction
• 2019-03-07 Pass First Reading reading-1
• 2019-03-07 Referred to JUD, FIN, referral sheet 27 referral-committee
• 2019-03-18 Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Thursday, 03-21-19 2:05PM in House conference room 325.
• 2019-03-21 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, McKelvey, Morikawa, Say, Takayama, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Lowen, Yamane. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-22 Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1694) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
• 2019-03-22 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, Yamane excused (2). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2019-03-29 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Monday, 04-01-19 2:00PM in House conference room 308.
• 2019-04-01 The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 12 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Wildberger, Yamashita; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Holt, Todd, McDermott. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-04 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2080), recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2019-04-04 Deferred one day 04-05-19.
• 2019-04-05 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) DeCoite, Har, Kong, Say, Tokioka voting no (5) and Representative(s) Eli, Mizuno, Nishimoto excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2019-04-09 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 652). introduction
• 2019-04-09 Senate disagrees with House amendments.
• 2019-04-09 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 885).
• 2019-04-15 House Conferees Appointed: San Buenaventura, Matayoshi Co-Chairs; Holt, Thielen.
• 2019-04-15 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 809).
• 2019-04-18 Senate Conferees Appointed: L. Thielen Chair; K. Rhoads Co-Chair; Kanuha, Fevella.
• 2019-04-18 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 918).
• 2019-04-22 Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Wednesday, 04-24-19 2:00PM in conference room 325.
• 2019-04-24 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) L. Thielen, K. Rhoads, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-24 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) San Buenaventura, Matayoshi, Holt, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
• 2019-04-26 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 70).
• 2019-04-26 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-19.
• 2019-04-26 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 70) as amended in (CD 1).
• 2019-04-26 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-30-19.
• 2019-04-30 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
• 2019-04-30 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
• 2019-05-01 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).
• 2019-05-06 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2019-07-09 Act 244, on 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1346). executive-signature
• 2019-07-09 Act 244, 07/02/2019 (Gov. Msg. No. 1346). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/88e60b0b-a1e0-4460-a497-009030eef30b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).