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Bill RELATING TO ADVISORY COMMITTEES. Renames the statewide and county-level voters with special needs advisory committees to elections accessibility needs advisory committees. Recognizes that voting accessibility needs may arise from disabilities other than those of a physical nature. us/states/hi Hawaii Legislature 2023 Regular Session SB 179 Hawaii SB 179 (2023 Regular Session)
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Hawaii SB 179 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO ADVISORY COMMITTEES.

Renames the statewide and county-level voters with special needs advisory committees to elections accessibility needs advisory committees. Recognizes that voting accessibility needs may arise from disabilities other than those of a physical nature.

Version chain

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

  1. SB179 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 50 (pass) · upper
  • The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 80 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • KOUCHI — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-04-20 Act 014, 04/19/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1114). became-law
  • 2023-04-19 Act 014, on 04/19/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1114). became-law
  • 2023-03-31 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
  • 2023-03-31 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 477). introduction, receipt
  • 2023-03-30 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ichiyama, Ilagan, Sayama, Woodson excused (4). Transmitted to Senate. passage
  • 2023-03-29 Passed Second Reading; 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. 1634), recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
  • 2023-03-22 The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Ganaden, Hashimoto, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Kong, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Holt, Mizuno. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-03-20 Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 03-22-23 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  • 2023-03-09 Referred to JHA, referral sheet 17 referral-committee
  • 2023-03-07 Pass First Reading reading-1
  • 2023-03-03 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 42). introduction, receipt
  • 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
  • 2023-03-02 One Day Notice 03-03-23.
  • 2023-03-02 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading. reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2023-03-02 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 680) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
  • 2023-02-16 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
  • 2023-02-14 The committee(s) on JDC deferred the measure until 02-16-23 9:00AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference. deferral
  • 2023-02-10 The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 02-14-23 9:40AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
  • 2023-01-23 Referred to JDC. referral-committee
  • 2023-01-19 Passed First Reading. reading-1
  • 2023-01-19 Introduced. introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ca983837-6daa-4941-844c-cc37ba8e0ce6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).