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Bill RELATING TO HAWAIIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY. Designates November 28 of each year as La Kuokoa, Hawaiian Independence Day, to celebrate the historical recognition of the independence of the Kingdom of Hawaii. us/states/hi Hawaii Legislature 2023 Regular Session SB 731 Hawaii SB 731 (2023 Regular Session)
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Hawaiian Independence Day
La Kuokoa
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AQUINO
DECOITE
FEVELLA
INOUYE
KANUHA
KEOHOKALOLE
LEE
RICHARDS
SHIMABUKURO
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Hawaii SB 731 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO HAWAIIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY.

Designates November 28 of each year as La Kuokoa, Hawaiian Independence Day, to celebrate the historical recognition of the independence of the Kingdom of Hawaii.

Version chain

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

  1. SB731 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • The committee(s) on HWN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 40 (pass) · upper
  • The committee on CAI recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 70 (pass) · lower
  • The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 80 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • AQUINO — primary (person)
  • DECOITE — primary (person)
  • FEVELLA — primary (person)
  • INOUYE — primary (person)
  • KANUHA — primary (person)
  • KEOHOKALOLE — primary (person)
  • LEE — primary (person)
  • RICHARDS — primary (person)
  • SHIMABUKURO — primary (person)
  • Kidani — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-04-20 Act 011, 04/19/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1111). became-law
  • 2023-04-19 Act 011, on 04/19/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1111). became-law
  • 2023-04-04 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
  • 2023-04-04 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 523). introduction, receipt
  • 2023-04-03 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Aiu, Cochran, Nishimoto excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. passage
  • 2023-04-03 Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1875), recommending passage on Third Reading.
  • 2023-03-29 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, Kong, Mizuno, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Holt, Ilagan. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-03-24 Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 03-29-23 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  • 2023-03-21 Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on JHA 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 CAI (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1343), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
  • 2023-03-15 The committee on CAI recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tam, Martinez, Garrett, Kapela, Matayoshi, Sayama, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-03-13 Bill scheduled to be heard by CAI on Wednesday, 03-15-23 10:00AM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  • 2023-02-16 Referred to CAI, JHA, referral sheet 15 referral-committee
  • 2023-02-13 Pass First Reading reading-1
  • 2023-02-10 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 8). introduction, receipt
  • 2023-02-10 Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
  • 2023-02-09 One Day Notice 02-10-23.
  • 2023-02-09 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading. reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2023-02-09 Reported from HWN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 107) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
  • 2023-02-02 The committee(s) on HWN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in HWN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Shimabukuro, Ihara, Keohokalole, Richards; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-01-30 The committee(s) on HWN has scheduled a public hearing on 02-02-23 1:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
  • 2023-01-25 Referred to HWN. 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/5e8360d0-2bb4-4c27-b158-abf121699e44. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).