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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) |
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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.
- HB834 (committee substitute) — source
- HB834_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
- HB834_SD1 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reconsider: The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
- The committee on CAI recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
- Reconsider: The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 5–0 (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).