republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2020-regular-session/hb-2202.md

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Bill	RELATING TO CEMETERIES.	Clarifies that churches granted an exemption from the state laws governing cemeteries and funeral trusts are exempt from all requirements. Allows the director of commerce and consumer affairs to impose any statutory requirement upon an exempt cemetery authority by order. Clarifies that an entity exempt as a church under federal tax law is considered a church for purposes of exemption. (SD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2020 Regular Session	HB 2202	Hawaii HB 2202 (2020 Regular Session)	bill	Cemetery Authority Exemption Churches Exempted Entities	enacted	CULLEN ELI McDermott OKIMOTO	4	33	3	2020-01-21	2020-09-15	openstates	ocd-bill/253fc98e-3a5e-4165-93cd-b65209f4cfec	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2202&year=2020	23e6eee197aecd9500394ac9c2cad434715dc4e8222ff6649574b688d81bbe5f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 2202 (2020 Regular Session) — RELATING TO CEMETERIES.

Clarifies that churches granted an exemption from the state laws governing cemeteries and funeral trusts are exempt from all requirements. Allows the director of commerce and consumer affairs to impose any statutory requirement upon an exempt cemetery authority by order. Clarifies that an entity exempt as a church under federal tax law is considered a church for purposes of exemption. (SD1)

Version chain

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

1. HB2202 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB2202_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB2202_SD1 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB2202_SD1_PROPOSED (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• CULLEN — primary (person)
• ELI — primary (person)
• McDermott — primary (person)
• OKIMOTO — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-21 Pending introduction.
• 2020-01-23 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
• 2020-01-27 Referred to CPC, FIN, referral sheet 5 referral-committee
• 2020-02-03 Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Wednesday, 02-05-20 2:00PM in House conference room 320.
• 2020-02-03 Bill re-scheduled to be heard by CPC on Wednesday, 02-05-20 2:00PM in conference room 329.
• 2020-02-05 The committees on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Ichiyama, Belatti, Cabanilla Arakawa, Cachola, Har, Kong, Mizuno, Onishi, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Aquino. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-12 Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 366-20) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
• 2020-02-12 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) McDermott excused (1). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2020-02-14 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 02-19-20 2:00PM in House conference room 308.
• 2020-02-19 The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Gates, Hashimoto, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Todd, Wildberger, Yamashita, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Eli. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-27 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 703-20), recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2020-02-27 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cabanilla Arakawa, Kong excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2020-02-28 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 76). introduction
• 2020-02-28 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2020-03-03 Referred to CPH. referral-committee
• 2020-06-19 The committee(s) on CPH has scheduled a public hearing on 06-23-20 10:15AM in conference room 229.
• 2020-06-23 The committee(s) on CPH deferred the measure until 06-24-20 10:00AM in conference room 229.
• 2020-06-24 The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPH were as follows: 7 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, S. Chang, Nishihara, Ruderman, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) L. Thielen ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-29 Reported from CPH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3720) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2020-06-29 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
• 2020-06-29 48 Hrs. Notice 07-01-20.
• 2020-07-01 Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2020-07-01 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 556) in amended form (SD 1).
• 2020-07-02 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
• 2020-07-06 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 379).
• 2020-07-08 Reconsideration of action taken on 07-02-20.
• 2020-07-08 Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 419).
• 2020-07-10 House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
• 2020-07-10 Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ohno excused (1).
• 2020-07-10 Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 425).
• 2020-07-10 Transmitted to Governor.
• 2020-09-15 Act 022, 09/15/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1127). executive-signature
• 2020-09-15 Act 022, on 09/15/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1127). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/253fc98e-3a5e-4165-93cd-b65209f4cfec. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).