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Bill RELATING TO GENDER-NEUTRAL TERMINOLOGY. Requires gender-specific terminology used in adoption and annulment, divorce, and separation matters to be construed in a gender-neutral manner. Takes effect 1/1/2024. (CD1) us/states/hi Hawaii Legislature 2023 Regular Session SB 110 Hawaii SB 110 (2023 Regular Session)
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Hawaii SB 110 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO GENDER-NEUTRAL TERMINOLOGY.

Requires gender-specific terminology used in adoption and annulment, divorce, and separation matters to be construed in a gender-neutral manner. Takes effect 1/1/2024. (CD1)

Version chain

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

  1. SB110 (committee substitute) — source
  2. SB110_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. SB110_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. SB110_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 70 (pass) · lower
  • The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 30 (pass) · upper
  • The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 40 (pass) · lower
  • The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 41 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • SAN BUENAVENTURA — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-06-30 Act 161, 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1264). became-law
  • 2023-06-30 Act 161, on 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1264). became-law
  • 2023-05-03 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
  • 2023-05-04 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 900). receipt
  • 2023-05-02 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 993). receipt
  • 2023-05-02 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Kong, Pierick, Ward voting no (5) and none excused (0). passage
  • 2023-05-02 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 3 (Senator(s) Awa, Fevella, Gabbard). Excused, 0 (none). passage
  • 2023-04-27 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 05-02-23.
  • 2023-04-27 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 4) as amended in (CD 1).
  • 2023-04-27 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-02-23.
  • 2023-04-27 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 4).
  • 2023-04-21 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Tam, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
  • 2023-04-21 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, Elefante, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-04-20 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-21-23 2:35PM; Conference Room 325.
  • 2023-04-21 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 829). receipt
  • 2023-04-20 House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas Chair; Takayama, Tam, Souza.
  • 2023-04-17 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 893). receipt
  • 2023-04-17 Senate Conferees Appointed: Rhoads Chair; Elefante, San Buenaventura.
  • 2023-04-04 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 557). receipt
  • 2023-04-04 Senate disagrees with House amendments. amendment-failure
  • 2023-04-04 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 531). introduction, receipt
  • 2023-04-03 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Ward voting no (2) and Representative(s) Cochran, Nishimoto excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. passage
  • 2023-03-30 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia voting no (1) and Representative(s) Ichiyama, Ilagan, Sayama, Woodson excused (4).
  • 2023-03-30 Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1785) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
  • 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, referral sheet 17 referral-committee
  • 2023-03-09 Pass First Reading reading-1
  • 2023-03-07 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 87) in amended form (SD 1). introduction, receipt
  • 2023-03-07 Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, Fevella). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Fukunaga). Transmitted to House. passage
  • 2023-03-03 48 Hrs. Notice 03-07-23.
  • 2023-03-03 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1). reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2023-03-03 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 833) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
  • 2023-02-09 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, Elefante, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Gabbard ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-02-03 The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 02-09-23 9:30AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
  • 2023-01-20 Referred to JDC. referral-committee
  • 2023-01-18 Introduced and passed First Reading. introduction
  • 2023-01-17 Pending Introduction.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7e327400-002e-422b-a418-f944dacf7f66. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).