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Bill	RELATING TO ELECTIONS.	Requires the Office of Elections to prepare a digital voter information guide; post the guide on its website in compliance with certain accessibility standards; and mail each ballot with a notice that states a voter information guide may be found on its website. Requires the Attorney General and county corporation counsels to draft explanations of proposed constitutional or charter amendment ballot questions and translate them into certain languages for purposes of the digital voter information guide. Appropriates funds. (CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2023 Regular Session	SB 1076	Hawaii SB 1076 (2023 Regular Session)	bill	AG Appropriation Ballot Corporation Counsel Counties Digital Voter Information Guide Expenditure Ceiling ($) Office of Elections	enacted	KEITH-AGARAN MCKELVEY RHOADS	6	51	6	2023-01-20	2023-06-23	openstates	ocd-bill/8b214c73-11cc-4b34-8797-5d607d18e7f8	https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1076&year=2023	084d7120c61a2669e082552acb8a13732ff3cee5ee96670c89ef4277e88e8132	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii SB 1076 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

Requires the Office of Elections to prepare a digital voter information guide; post the guide on its website in compliance with certain accessibility standards; and mail each ballot with a notice that states a voter information guide may be found on its website. Requires the Attorney General and county corporation counsels to draft explanations of proposed constitutional or charter amendment ballot questions and translate them into certain languages for purposes of the digital voter information guide. Appropriates funds. (CD1)

Version chain

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

1. SB1076 (committee substitute) — source
2. SB1076_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. SB1076_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
4. SB1076_HD2 (committee substitute) — source
5. SB1076_SD1 (committee substitute) — source
6. SB1076_SD2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on JDC 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. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 3–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• KEITH-AGARAN — primary (person)
• MCKELVEY — primary (person)
• RHOADS — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-06-23 Act 115, 06/23/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1216). became-law
• 2023-06-23 Act 115, on 06/23/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1216). became-law
• 2023-05-05 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2023-05-04 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 901). receipt
• 2023-05-04 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 996). receipt
• 2023-05-04 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Kong voting no (1) and Representative(s) Lowen, Martinez excused (2). passage
• 2023-05-04 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1) Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 0 (none). passage
• 2023-05-02 Deferred One Day 05-04-23. deferral
• 2023-05-02 Deferred one day 05-04-23. deferral
• 2023-04-28 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 05-02-23.
• 2023-04-28 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 159) as amended in (CD 1).
• 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. 159).
• 2023-04-28 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Nishimoto, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
• 2023-04-28 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) Rhoads, Lee, Gabbard; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-28 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-23 4:30PM; Conference Room 309.
• 2023-04-27 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-23 3:05PM; Conference Room 325.
• 2023-04-26 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-27-23 3:05PM; Conference Room 325.
• 2023-04-25 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-23 3:10PM; Conference Room 325.
• 2023-04-24 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-25-23 3:05PM; Conference Room 325.
• 2023-04-24 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 840). receipt
• 2023-04-21 House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas, Nishimoto Co-Chairs; Souza.
• 2023-04-19 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 911). receipt
• 2023-04-19 Senate Conferees Appointed: Rhoads Chair; Lee Co-Chair; Gabbard.
• 2023-04-13 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 888). receipt
• 2023-04-13 Senate disagrees with House amendments. amendment-failure
• 2023-04-13 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 767). introduction, receipt
• 2023-04-11 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Martinez, Todd excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2023-04-06 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-11-23.
• 2023-04-06 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2148) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2023-04-05 The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Cochran, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kila, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Alcos, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Nishimoto. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-03 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 04-05-23 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2023-03-21 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-03-21 Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1386) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
• 2023-03-17 The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Ganaden, Ichiyama, Kong, Mizuno, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Holt, Hashimoto, Ilagan. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-15 Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Friday, 03-17-23 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2023-03-09 Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 17 referral-committee
• 2023-03-09 Pass First Reading reading-1
• 2023-03-07 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 350) in amended form (SD 2). introduction, receipt
• 2023-03-07 Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2023-03-03 48 Hrs. Notice 03-07-23.
• 2023-03-03 Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1071) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
• 2023-02-28 The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, Aquino, DeCoite, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, Moriwaki, Shimabukuro, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-23 The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-28-23 10:00AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
• 2023-02-10 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-02-10 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 149) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
• 2023-02-03 The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Elefante, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-01-30 The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 02-03-23 9:30AM; CR 016 & Videoconference.
• 2023-01-27 Referred to JDC, WAM. referral-committee
• 2023-01-23 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2023-01-20 Introduced. introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8b214c73-11cc-4b34-8797-5d607d18e7f8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).