republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2023-regular-session/hb-794.md

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Bill	RELATING TO DISABILITY AWARENESS.	Designates the month of October as "Disability Awareness Month: Employment, Enrichment, and Inclusion" in recognition of the employment challenges and successes of persons with disabilities in the State. (SD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2023 Regular Session	HB 794	Hawaii HB 794 (2023 Regular Session)	bill	Disability Awareness Month October	enacted	AMATO CHUN COCHRAN GATES HASHIMOTO KAPELA KOBAYASHI LAMOSAO MARTEN MIZUNO ONISHI PERRUSO POEPOE TAM	3	39	5	2023-01-20	2023-07-07	openstates	ocd-bill/481cd9c6-d0e8-4ff6-86f4-7eb36d869ce0	https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=794&year=2023	04e3538ca4a96f58a4f846f5970d7826adb6b8bcbf16d6fe579885c455ca1cae	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 794 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO DISABILITY AWARENESS.

Designates the month of October as "Disability Awareness Month: Employment, Enrichment, and Inclusion" in recognition of the employment challenges and successes of persons with disabilities in the State. (SD1)

Version chain

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

1. HB794 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB794_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB794_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reconsider: The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Reconsider: The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee on CAI recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 5–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 4–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• AMATO — primary (person)
• CHUN — primary (person)
• COCHRAN — primary (person)
• GATES — primary (person)
• HASHIMOTO — primary (person)
• KAPELA — primary (person)
• KOBAYASHI — primary (person)
• LAMOSAO — primary (person)
• MARTEN — primary (person)
• MIZUNO — primary (person)
• ONISHI — primary (person)
• PERRUSO — primary (person)
• POEPOE — primary (person)
• TAM — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-07-07 Act 245, 07/07/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1348). became-law
• 2023-07-07 Act 245, on 07/07/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1348). 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 discharge of conferees (Hse. Com. No. 875). receipt
• 2023-04-27 Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 871). receipt
• 2023-04-25 Reconsideration of action taken on 03-31-23.
• 2023-04-25 House Conferee(s) discharged.
• 2023-04-24 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 975). receipt
• 2023-04-24 Senate Conferees Appointed: Shimabukuro Chair; Lee Co-Chair; Moriwaki.
• 2023-04-24 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 837). receipt
• 2023-04-21 House Conferees Appointed: Tam, Belatti, Tarnas Co-Chairs; Amato, Souza.
• 2023-04-03 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 512). receipt
• 2023-03-31 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). amendment-failure
• 2023-03-30 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 522) in amended form (SD 1).
• 2023-03-30 Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 2 (Senator(s) Fukunaga, Richards). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2023-03-28 48 Hrs. Notice 03-30-23.
• 2023-03-28 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-03-28 Reported from HHS/TCA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1427) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2023-03-21 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
• 2023-03-21 The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Aquino, Moriwaki, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Shimabukuro. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-16 The committee(s) on HHS/TCA has scheduled a public hearing on 03-21-23 3:05PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
• 2023-03-09 Referred to HHS/TCA. referral-committee
• 2023-03-07 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2023-03-07 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 180). introduction, receipt
• 2023-03-03 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Alcos, Matayoshi excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2023-03-03 Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 990), recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2023-03-01 The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Ganaden, Holt, Hashimoto, Ilagan, Kong, Mizuno, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-27 Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 03-01-23 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2023-02-17 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Marten excused (1). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-02-17 Reported from CAI/HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 600) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
• 2023-02-15 The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Takenouchi, Amato, Ilagan, Kobayashi; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Mizuno, Nishimoto, Garcia. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-15 The committee on CAI recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Tam, Martinez, Garrett, Kapela, Matayoshi, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Sayama. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-10 Bill scheduled to be heard by CAI/HLT on Wednesday, 02-15-23 10:15AM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2023-01-30 Referred to CAI/HLT, 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/481cd9c6-d0e8-4ff6-86f4-7eb36d869ce0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).