republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2023-regular-session/hb-712.md

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Bill	RELATING TO RECORDINGS OF PUBLIC MEETINGS.	Encourages boards to maintain recordings of board meetings on the board's website regardless of whether the written minutes of the meeting have been posted. Requires boards to provide the State Archives with a copy of any recording of a board meeting before removing the recording from the board's website. Requires the written minutes of board meetings to include a link to the electronic audio or video recording, if available online. Effective 10/1/2023. (SD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2023 Regular Session	HB 712	Hawaii HB 712 (2023 Regular Session)	bill	Boards Meeting Minutes Public Record Recordings of Public Meetings	enacted	SAIKI	3	40	5	2023-01-20	2023-06-23	openstates	ocd-bill/19eaf0f4-0222-42fd-9563-cb27984e110f	https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=712&year=2023	aed00eeffd91e8e2ed26444627413b8f7d3c5bcd6f03cd08208ad23e593d74ba	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 712 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO RECORDINGS OF PUBLIC MEETINGS.

Encourages boards to maintain recordings of board meetings on the board's website regardless of whether the written minutes of the meeting have been posted. Requires boards to provide the State Archives with a copy of any recording of a board meeting before removing the recording from the board's website. Requires the written minutes of board meetings to include a link to the electronic audio or video recording, if available online. Effective 10/1/2023. (SD1)

Version chain

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

1. HB712 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB712_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB712_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reconsider: The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• Reconsider: The House Conference Managers recommend to agree to the Senate Amendments. — 3–0 (fail) · lower
• The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 3–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 8–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• SAIKI — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-06-23 Act 125, 06/23/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1226). became-law
• 2023-06-23 Act 125, on 06/23/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1226). became-law
• 2023-04-28 Transmitted to Governor.
• 2023-04-28 Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 890). receipt
• 2023-04-27 Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ganaden excused (1). passage
• 2023-04-27 House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
• 2023-04-27 Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 874). receipt
• 2023-04-25 Reconsideration of action taken on 04-13-23.
• 2023-04-24 The House Conference Managers recommend to agree to the Senate Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
• 2023-04-21 Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-24-23 1:30PM in conference room 325.
• 2023-04-18 Senate Conferees Appointed: McKelvey Chair; Keohokalole, Elefante Co-Chairs; Fevella.
• 2023-04-18 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 900). receipt
• 2023-04-18 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 801). receipt
• 2023-04-17 House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas Chair; Takayama, Souza.
• 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. 775) in amended form (SD 1).
• 2023-04-11 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Keohokalole). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2023-04-06 One Day Notice 04-11-23.
• 2023-04-06 Reported from CPN/JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1815) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
• 2023-04-05 The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Elefante, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) San Buenaventura. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-05 The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in CPN were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) McKelvey, Richards. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-31 The committee(s) on CPN/JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-05-23 10:00AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
• 2023-03-24 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN/JDC. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-03-24 Reported from GVO (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1419) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN/JDC.
• 2023-03-23 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) McKelvey, Gabbard, San Buenaventura, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-22 Re-Referred to GVO, CPN/JDC. referral-committee
• 2023-03-21 The committee(s) on GVO deferred the measure until 03-23-23 3:00PM; Conference Room 225. deferral
• 2023-03-15 The committee(s) on GVO has scheduled a public hearing on 03-21-23 3:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
• 2023-03-10 Referred to GVO, JDC. referral-committee
• 2023-03-09 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2023-03-09 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 333). introduction, receipt
• 2023-03-07 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2023-03-02 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
• 2023-03-02 Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 823) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2023-02-22 The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Ganaden, Hashimoto, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Mizuno, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Holt, Kong. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-17 Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 02-22-23 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2023-01-30 Referred to JHA, referral sheet 3 referral-committee
• 2023-01-23 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
• 2023-01-20 Pending introduction.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/19eaf0f4-0222-42fd-9563-cb27984e110f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).