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Bill	RELATING TO WATER COMMON CARRIERS.	Clarifies that a common water carrier may enter into vessel leases longer than five years or enter into leverage leases for vessels upon prior approval of the Public Utilities Commission. (CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2023 Regular Session	HB 24	Hawaii HB 24 (2023 Regular Session)	bill	Common Carriers Long Term Leases Public Utilities Commission Water Carriers	enacted	TODD	5	51	7	2023-01-11	2023-06-30	openstates	ocd-bill/a77ad883-d754-438c-9321-7daf3281d63b	https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=24&year=2023	328c8fee5c49ade5fe3e0ef5fc3eef9b5b696f85228d651f9ee6c7c84c6e621d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 24 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO WATER COMMON CARRIERS.

Clarifies that a common water carrier may enter into vessel leases longer than five years or enter into leverage leases for vessels upon prior approval of the Public Utilities Commission. (CD1)

Version chain

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

1. HB24 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB24_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB24_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB24_SD1 (committee substitute) — source
5. HB24_SD2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 5–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 11–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• TODD — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-06-30 Act 138, 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1241). became-law
• 2023-06-30 Act 138, on 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1241). became-law
• 2023-05-03 Transmitted to Governor.
• 2023-05-04 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 900). receipt
• 2023-05-02 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 993). receipt
• 2023-05-02 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Hussey-Burdick, Kapela, Poepoe voting no (3) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1). passage
• 2023-05-02 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none. passage
• 2023-04-28 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-02-23.
• 2023-04-28 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 130).
• 2023-04-28 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday 05-02-23.
• 2023-04-28 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 130) as amended in (CD 1).
• 2023-04-27 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) Lee, Keohokalole, Elefante; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-27 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Nakashima, Kitagawa, Kila, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
• 2023-04-26 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-27-23 11:15AM in conference room 329.
• 2023-04-25 Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Wednesday, 04-26-23 11:15AM in conference room 329.
• 2023-04-24 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 975). receipt
• 2023-04-24 Senate Conferees Appointed: Lee Chair; Keohokalole Co-Chair; Elefante.
• 2023-04-24 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 839). receipt
• 2023-04-21 House Conferees Appointed: Todd, Nakashima, Kitagawa Co-Chairs; Kila, Matsumoto.
• 2023-04-14 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 800). receipt
• 2023-04-13 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). amendment-failure
• 2023-04-11 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 709) in amended form (SD 2).
• 2023-04-11 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Keohokalole). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2023-04-06 48 Hrs. Notice 04-11-23.
• 2023-04-06 Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1751) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
• 2023-03-29 The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, McKelvey, Richards, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-24 The committee(s) on CPN will hold a public decision making on 03-29-23 10:01AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
• 2023-03-24 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-03-24 Reported from TCA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1400) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN.
• 2023-03-14 The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in TCA were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, Inouye, Elefante, Keohokalole, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-10 The committee(s) on TCA has scheduled a public hearing on 03-14-23 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
• 2023-03-09 Referred to TCA, CPN. referral-committee
• 2023-03-03 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2023-03-03 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 22). introduction, receipt
• 2023-03-02 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Ganaden, Kapela, Perruso, Poepoe voting no (4) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2023-03-02 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 925), recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2023-02-24 The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Kahaloa, Kila, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Nishimoto, Takenouchi, Alcos, Ward; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Poepoe; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Garrett. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-22 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 02-24-23 1:30PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2023-02-17 Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Hussey-Burdick voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Kapela voting no (1) and Representative(s) Marten excused (1).
• 2023-02-17 Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 770), recommending referral to FIN.
• 2023-02-16 The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) Nakashima, Sayama, Belatti, Hashem, Gates, Onishi, Tam, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Amato, Hussey-Burdick, Lowen; Noes: none; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-13 Bill scheduled for decision making on Thursday, 02-16-23 2:00PM in conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2023-02-09 The committee(s) on CPC recommend(s) that the measure be deferred. deferral
• 2023-02-06 Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Thursday, 02-09-23 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2023-02-02 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with Representative(s) Ganaden, Hussey-Burdick, Perruso voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Kapela voting no (1) and Representative(s) Amato, Nakashima, Woodson excused (3). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-02-02 Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 11) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
• 2023-01-31 The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Kila, Aiu, Hashimoto, Kitagawa, Marten, Onishi, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-01-27 Bill scheduled to be heard by TRN on Tuesday, 01-31-23 10:00AM in House conference room 312 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2023-01-25 Referred to TRN, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 1 referral-committee
• 2023-01-19 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
• 2023-01-11 Prefiled.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a77ad883-d754-438c-9321-7daf3281d63b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).