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Bill	RELATING TO NOTARIAL ACTS.	Updates the laws regarding notaries public to conform to the Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts (2018), the Hawaii Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, other state notary laws, and current notary practices. Effective 1/1/2021. (HD2)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2020 Regular Session	SB 2275	Hawaii SB 2275 (2020 Regular Session)	bill	Notaries Public Remote Notarization Electronic Documents	enacted	BAKER English Fevella Ihara Moriwaki NISHIHARA Riviere S. Chang Shimabukuro Taniguchi	5	37	5	2020-01-17	2020-09-15	openstates	ocd-bill/6b89b6cc-4f28-4848-8d95-47c6e42e179d	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2275&year=2020	733d38dd263d17d93617ff703aefdd5d9fd7b2fd183819b24a43f402fd810599	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii SB 2275 (2020 Regular Session) — RELATING TO NOTARIAL ACTS.

Updates the laws regarding notaries public to conform to the Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts (2018), the Hawaii Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, other state notary laws, and current notary practices. Effective 1/1/2021. (HD2)

Version chain

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

1. SB2275 (committee substitute) — source
2. SB2275_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. SB2275_HD2 (committee substitute) — source
4. SB2275_SD1 (committee substitute) — source
5. SB2275_SD2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on TEC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• BAKER — primary (person)
• English — primary (person)
• Fevella — primary (person)
• Ihara — primary (person)
• Moriwaki — primary (person)
• NISHIHARA — primary (person)
• Riviere — primary (person)
• S. Chang — primary (person)
• Shimabukuro — primary (person)
• Taniguchi — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-17 Introduced. introduction
• 2020-01-21 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2020-01-21 Referred to CPH/TEC, JDC. referral-committee
• 2020-02-06 The committee(s) on CPH/TEC has scheduled a public hearing on 02-11-20 3:15PM in conference room 414.
• 2020-02-11 The committee(s) on CPH recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPH were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Baker, Nishihara, Ruderman, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) S. Chang, L. Thielen, Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-11 The committee(s) on TEC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in TEC were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) J.Keohokalole, Moriwaki, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) English, Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-14 Reported from CPH/TEC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2839) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
• 2020-02-14 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.
• 2020-02-21 The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-25-20 12:30PM in conference room 016.
• 2020-02-25 The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) K. Rhoads, J.Keohokalole, Kim; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard, Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-28 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3257) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
• 2020-02-28 48 Hrs. Notice 03-03-20.
• 2020-03-03 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2020-03-03 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 182) in amended form (SD 2). introduction
• 2020-03-05 Pass First Reading reading-1
• 2020-03-09 Referred to JUD, FIN, referral sheet 36 referral-committee
• 2020-03-09 Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Wednesday, 03-11-20 2:00PM in House conference room 325.
• 2020-03-11 The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until Thursday, 03-12-20 at 2:30 PM.
• 2020-03-11 Bill scheduled for decision making on Thursday, 03-12-20 2:30PM in conference room 325.
• 2020-03-12 The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, San Buenaventura, Brower, Creagan, Lowen, McKelvey, Nakashima, Perruso, Say, Takayama, Yamane; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Thielen. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-05-11 Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1156-20) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
• 2020-05-11 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) Thielen excused (1). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2020-06-26 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Monday, 06-29-20 2:00PM in House conference room 329.
• 2020-06-29 The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 06-30-20 2:00PM.
• 2020-06-29 Bill scheduled for decision making on Tuesday, 06-30-20 2:00PM in conference room 329.
• 2020-06-30 The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Eli, Gates, Hashimoto, Holt, Kitagawa, B. Kobayashi, Matayoshi, Nakamura, Nishimoto, Todd, Wildberger, Yamashita; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) McDermott. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-07-02 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1258-20) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2020-07-02 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Monday, 07-06-20.
• 2020-07-06 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2020-07-06 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 395). introduction
• 2020-07-08 Senate agrees with House amendments. Placed on the calendar for Final Reading on 07-10-20.
• 2020-07-08 One Day Notice 07-10-20.
• 2020-07-10 Passed Final Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
• 2020-07-10 Received notice of Senate agreement and Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 632).
• 2020-07-13 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2020-09-15 Act 054, 09/15/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1159). executive-signature
• 2020-09-15 Act 054, on 09/15/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1159). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6b89b6cc-4f28-4848-8d95-47c6e42e179d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).