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type: "Bill"
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title: "RELATING TO VOTING MORE THAN ONCE DURING AN ELECTION."
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description: "Specifies that Hawaii voters are prohibited from casting more than one ballot during an election, even if one of those ballots is cast in an election outside of Hawaii. (HD1)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
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legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
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session: "2023 Regular Session"
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identifier: "SB 1541"
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citation: "Hawaii SB 1541 (2023 Regular Session)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Elections", "Voting Multiple Times"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["KEITH-AGARAN", "RHOADS"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-01-25"
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last_action: "2023-06-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1bffee3-9268-4e98-9ff3-a27dfb0a3d36"
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source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1541&year=2023"
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source_hash: "9917e06b9fa99dead977e00e2e8543f2c8f79d8aba0790ae5d71f48e4482846a"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-hi"]
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---
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# Hawaii SB 1541 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO VOTING MORE THAN ONCE DURING AN ELECTION.
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Specifies that Hawaii voters are prohibited from casting more than one ballot during an election, even if one of those ballots is cast in an election outside of Hawaii. (HD1)
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **SB1541** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB1541_.HTM)
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2. **SB1541_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB1541_HD1_.HTM)
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## Votes
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- Reconsider: The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reconsider: The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- KEITH-AGARAN — primary (person)
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- RHOADS — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-06-23** Act 116, 06/23/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1217). `became-law`
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- **2023-06-23** Act 116, on 06/23/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1217). `became-law`
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- **2023-04-19** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-04-19** Received notice of reconsideration, Senate agreement, and Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 906). `receipt`
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- **2023-04-19** Passed Final Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). `passage`
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- **2023-04-18** One Day Notice 04-19-23.
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- **2023-04-18** Senate agrees with House amendments. Placed on the calendar for Final Reading on 04-19-23.
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- **2023-04-18** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-04-23 in disagreeing to the House amendments.
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- **2023-04-04** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 557). `receipt`
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- **2023-04-04** Senate disagrees with House amendments. `amendment-failure`
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- **2023-04-04** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 574). `introduction, receipt`
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- **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`
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- **2023-03-31** Deferred one day 04-03-23. `deferral`
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- **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).
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- **2023-03-29** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1622) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
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- **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`
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- **2023-03-15** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Friday, 03-17-23 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
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- **2023-03-09** Referred to JHA, referral sheet 17 `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-07** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-03** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 55). `introduction, receipt`
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- **2023-03-03** Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 3 (Senator(s) Fevella, Fukunaga, Ihara). Transmitted to House. `passage`
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- **2023-03-02** One Day Notice 03-03-23.
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- **2023-03-02** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading. `reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-02** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 693) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
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- **2023-02-23** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Elefante, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-02-17** The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 02-23-23 9:30AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
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- **2023-01-30** Referred to JDC. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-27** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
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- **2023-01-25** Introduced. `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1bffee3-9268-4e98-9ff3-a27dfb0a3d36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).
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