republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2023-regular-session/sb-821.md

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Bill	RELATING TO FIREWORKS.	Establishes the Illegal Fireworks Task Force within the Department of Law Enforcement to stop the importation of illegal fireworks and explosives into the State, promote compliance with the fireworks control laws, and ensure the safety and security of facilities and institutions in the State against the discharge of illegal fireworks and explosives. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Sunsets 6/30/2025. (CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2023 Regular Session	SB 821	Hawaii SB 821 (2023 Regular Session)	bill	Appropriation DLE Expenditure Ceiling ($) Illegal Fireworks Task Force	enacted	CHANG DELA CRUZ INOUYE KEITH-AGARAN KEOHOKALOLE MCKELVEY RHOADS SHIMABUKURO	5	51	6	2023-01-20	2023-06-07	openstates	ocd-bill/11a2c88f-108f-42a2-bea2-da04eb2dd534	https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=821&year=2023	bfb3ed4a8374349b03c7c48a47fc6f61d827010e757ffba605aee141657b99e7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii SB 821 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO FIREWORKS.

Establishes the Illegal Fireworks Task Force within the Department of Law Enforcement to stop the importation of illegal fireworks and explosives into the State, promote compliance with the fireworks control laws, and ensure the safety and security of facilities and institutions in the State against the discharge of illegal fireworks and explosives. Requires reports to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Sunsets 6/30/2025. (CD1)

Version chain

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

1. SB821 (committee substitute) — source
2. SB821_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. SB821_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
4. SB821_HD2 (committee substitute) — source
5. SB821_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 4–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• CHANG — primary (person)
• DELA CRUZ — primary (person)
• INOUYE — primary (person)
• KEITH-AGARAN — primary (person)
• KEOHOKALOLE — primary (person)
• MCKELVEY — primary (person)
• RHOADS — primary (person)
• SHIMABUKURO — primary (person)
• Elefante — cosponsor (person)
• Kidani — cosponsor (person)
• Kim — cosponsor (person)
• Wakai — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-06-07 Act 067, 06/07/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1167). became-law
• 2023-06-07 Act 067, on 06/07/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1167). became-law
• 2023-05-05 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2023-05-04 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 901). receipt
• 2023-05-04 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 996). receipt
• 2023-05-04 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Lowen, Martinez excused (2). passage
• 2023-05-04 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1) Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 0 (none). passage
• 2023-05-02 Deferred One Day 05-04-23. deferral
• 2023-05-02 Deferred one day 05-04-23. deferral
• 2023-04-28 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 05-02-23.
• 2023-04-28 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 163) as amended in (CD 1).
• 2023-04-28 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-02-23.
• 2023-04-28 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 163).
• 2023-04-28 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Nishimoto, Takayama, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
• 2023-04-28 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) Wakai, Kidani, Elefante; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-28 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-23 4:30PM; Conference Room 309
• 2023-04-27 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-23 3:45PM; Conference Room 016.
• 2023-04-26 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-27-23 4:30PM; Conference Room 016.
• 2023-04-26 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-23 4:30PM; Conference Room 016.
• 2023-04-24 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-25-23 4:30PM; Conference Room 016.
• 2023-04-24 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 840). receipt
• 2023-04-21 House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas, Nishimoto Co-Chairs; Takayama, Souza.
• 2023-04-18 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 904). receipt
• 2023-04-18 Senate Conferees Appointed: Wakai Chair; Kidani Co-Chair; Elefante.
• 2023-04-13 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 888). receipt
• 2023-04-13 Senate disagrees with House amendments. amendment-failure
• 2023-04-13 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 755). introduction, receipt
• 2023-04-11 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Todd excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2023-04-06 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-11-23.
• 2023-04-06 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2104) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2023-04-03 The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Cochran, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kila, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Nishimoto, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Ward; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Alcos; Noes: none; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-31 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Monday, 04-03-23 2:30PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2023-03-21 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN 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 JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1391) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
• 2023-03-16 The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Ganaden, Hashimoto, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Kong, Mizuno, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Holt. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-14 Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 03-16-23 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2023-03-09 Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 17 referral-committee
• 2023-03-09 Pass First Reading reading-1
• 2023-03-07 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 277) in amended form (SD 1). introduction, receipt
• 2023-03-07 Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Fukunaga). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2023-03-02 48 Hrs. Notice 03-07-23.
• 2023-03-02 Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 666) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).
• 2023-02-15 The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 10 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, Aquino, DeCoite, Inouye, Kidani, Kim, Shimabukuro, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 3 Excused: Senator(s) Kanuha, Lee, Moriwaki. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-10 The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-15-23 10:30AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
• 2023-02-09 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to WAM. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-02-09 Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 124) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to WAM.
• 2023-02-06 The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in PSM were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Elefante, Fukunaga, McKelvey; 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 PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 02-06-23 3:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
• 2023-01-27 Referred to PSM, WAM. 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/11a2c88f-108f-42a2-bea2-da04eb2dd534. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).