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Bill RELATING TO AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE. Recognizes American Sign Language as a fully developed, autonomous, natural language with its own grammar, syntax, vocabulary, and cultural heritage. (SD1) us/states/hi Hawaii Legislature 2023 Regular Session HB 834 Hawaii HB 834 (2023 Regular Session)
bill
American Sign Language
Deaf and Blind Task Force
Recognition
enacted
AMATO
BELATTI
COCHRAN
GANADEN
GARCIA
HASHIMOTO
HUSSEY-BURDICK
KAPELA
KOBAYASHI
LAMOSAO
LOWEN
MARTEN
MATAYOSHI
MIZUNO
MORIKAWA
NISHIMOTO
PERRUSO
POEPOE
SOUZA
TAKENOUCHI
TAM
TODD
WOODSON
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legislation
bill
us-hi

Hawaii HB 834 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE.

Recognizes American Sign Language as a fully developed, autonomous, natural language with its own grammar, syntax, vocabulary, and cultural heritage. (SD1)

Version chain

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

  1. HB834 (committee substitute) — source
  2. HB834_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. HB834_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reconsider: The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 50 (pass) · upper
  • The committee on CAI recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 60 (pass) · lower
  • Reconsider: The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 70 (pass) · lower
  • The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 90 (pass) · lower
  • The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 50 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • AMATO — primary (person)
  • BELATTI — primary (person)
  • COCHRAN — primary (person)
  • GANADEN — primary (person)
  • GARCIA — primary (person)
  • HASHIMOTO — primary (person)
  • HUSSEY-BURDICK — primary (person)
  • KAPELA — primary (person)
  • KOBAYASHI — primary (person)
  • LAMOSAO — primary (person)
  • LOWEN — primary (person)
  • MARTEN — primary (person)
  • MATAYOSHI — primary (person)
  • MIZUNO — primary (person)
  • MORIKAWA — primary (person)
  • NISHIMOTO — primary (person)
  • PERRUSO — primary (person)
  • POEPOE — primary (person)
  • SOUZA — primary (person)
  • TAKENOUCHI — primary (person)
  • TAM — primary (person)
  • TODD — primary (person)
  • WOODSON — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-07-07 Act 246, 07/07/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1349). became-law
  • 2023-07-07 Act 246, on 07/07/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1349). 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. 872). receipt
  • 2023-04-25 Reconsideration of action taken on 04-06-23.
  • 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; Rhoads Co-Chair; Aquino.
  • 2023-04-24 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 837). receipt
  • 2023-04-21 House Conferees Appointed: Tam, Tarnas, Sayama Co-Chairs; Hussey-Burdick, Martinez, Alcos.
  • 2023-04-11 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 666). receipt
  • 2023-04-06 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). amendment-failure
  • 2023-04-05 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 667) in amended form (SD 1).
  • 2023-04-05 Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
  • 2023-04-04 One Day Notice 04-05-23.
  • 2023-04-04 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1587) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
  • 2023-03-30 The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Elefante, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-03-24 The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-30-23 9:35AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
  • 2023-03-23 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2023-03-23 Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1316) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
  • 2023-03-20 The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Aquino, Moriwaki, Shimabukuro, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-03-16 The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 03-20-23 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
  • 2023-03-09 Referred to HHS, JDC. referral-committee
  • 2023-03-03 Passed First Reading. reading-1
  • 2023-03-03 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 76). introduction, receipt
  • 2023-03-02 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. passage
  • 2023-03-02 Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 846), recommending passage on Third Reading.
  • 2023-02-22 The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Nakashima, Sayama, Hashem, Hussey-Burdick, Lowen, Onishi, Tam; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Amato, Belatti, Gates, Pierick. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-02-17 Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Wednesday, 02-22-23 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  • 2023-02-17 Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Marten excused (1).
  • 2023-02-17 Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 687), recommending referral to CPC.
  • 2023-02-15 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
  • 2023-02-13 Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 02-15-23 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  • 2023-02-07 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 none excused (0). reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2023-02-07 Reported from CAI (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 89) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
  • 2023-02-03 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
  • 2023-01-31 Bill scheduled to be heard by CAI on Friday, 02-03-23 10:00AM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  • 2023-01-30 Referred to CAI, JHA, CPC, referral sheet 3 referral-committee
  • 2023-01-25 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
  • 2023-01-23 Pending introduction.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0d34dc92-bb24-43b2-a6e6-10ffee3a5b94. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).