republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2023-regular-session/sb-141.md

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Bill	RELATING TO ELECTIONS.	Updates rules for certification of electors and their votes to be in full compliance with federal law. Provides procedures for the replacement of electors. Requires presidential electors to take a pledge that they will vote for their party's nominee. Invalidates the vote of any faithless elector. Removes any faithless elector from the position of elector. (CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2023 Regular Session	SB 141	Hawaii SB 141 (2023 Regular Session)	bill	Certification Faithless Electors Pledge Replacement Uniform Faithful Presidential Electors Act Voting	enacted	CHANG KEITH-AGARAN LEE RHOADS	5	41	4	2023-01-17	2023-06-23	openstates	ocd-bill/d759e67b-6da0-46a2-b155-36c3bceda474	https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=141&year=2023	d6edaa4b7b02849ab914424f258e759fcf0fa15fa718b05486e20fdc4c31ecdc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii SB 141 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

Updates rules for certification of electors and their votes to be in full compliance with federal law. Provides procedures for the replacement of electors. Requires presidential electors to take a pledge that they will vote for their party's nominee. Invalidates the vote of any faithless elector. Removes any faithless elector from the position of elector. (CD1)

Version chain

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

1. SB141 (committee substitute) — source
2. SB141_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. SB141_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
4. SB141_SD1 (committee substitute) — source
5. SB141_SD1_PROPOSED (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 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 Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 3–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• CHANG — primary (person)
• KEITH-AGARAN — primary (person)
• LEE — primary (person)
• RHOADS — primary (person)
• Kidani — cosponsor (person)
• Richards — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-06-23 Act 114, 06/23/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1215). became-law
• 2023-06-23 Act 114, on 06/23/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1215). 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; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). passage
• 2023-05-02 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). 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. 36) 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. 36).
• 2023-04-26 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
• 2023-04-26 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, Gabbard; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-25 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-26-23 3:05PM; Conference Room 325.
• 2023-04-24 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 976). receipt
• 2023-04-24 Senate Conferees Appointed: Rhoads Chair; Elefante, Gabbard.
• 2023-04-21 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 829). receipt
• 2023-04-20 House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas Chair; Takayama, Souza.
• 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. 533). introduction, receipt
• 2023-04-03 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Nishimoto excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2023-03-31 Deferred one day 04-03-23. deferral
• 2023-03-29 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
• 2023-03-29 Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1619) 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. 93) 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
• 2023-03-02 48 Hrs. Notice 03-07-23.
• 2023-03-02 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-03-02 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 683) 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, Gabbard, Elefante, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 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 (Proposed Draft).
• 2023-01-27 The committee on JDC deferred the measure. deferral
• 2023-01-23 The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 01-27-23 10:00AM; CR 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/d759e67b-6da0-46a2-b155-36c3bceda474. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).