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Bill	RELATING TO LAULAU DAY.	Designates the first Friday in May of each year as "Laulau Day" in the State. (CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2025	HB 957	Hawaii HB 957 (2025)	bill	Day of Observance Laulau Day	enacted	KILA LEE M. MARTEN	4	41	7	2025-01-21	2025-07-02	openstates	ocd-bill/ebc99a3d-40f0-4eec-9be4-a9423004d44e	https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=957&year=2025	e7e200ac2d7d99e7d20a7319390210b44a71cbab349e122ce7273fca6fdafc1e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 957 (2025) — RELATING TO LAULAU DAY.

Designates the first Friday in May of each year as "Laulau Day" in the State. (CD1)

Version chain

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

1. HB957 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB957_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB957_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB957_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–0 (pass) · upper
• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 3–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). — 24–1 (pass) · upper
• Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). — 24–1 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee on CAA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 5–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 8–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• KILA — primary (person)
• LEE — primary (person)
• M. — primary (person)
• MARTEN — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-07-02 Act 270, on 07/02/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1373). became-law
• 2025-07-02 Act 270, 07/02/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1373). became-law
• 2025-05-01 Transmitted to Governor.
• 2025-05-02 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 821). receipt
• 2025-05-01 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 888). receipt
• 2025-04-30 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Souza voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Pierick voting no (2) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). passage
• 2025-04-30 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 0 (none). passage
• 2025-04-24 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-25
• 2025-04-24 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 32).
• 2025-04-24 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-30-25.
• 2025-04-24 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 32) as amended in (CD 1).
• 2025-04-24 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Kapela, Poepoe, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
• 2025-04-24 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) Lee, C., Elefante, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-23 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-24-25 11:00AM; Conference Room 329.
• 2025-04-23 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 865). receipt
• 2025-04-23 Senate Conferees Appointed: Lee, C. Chair; Elefante, DeCorte.
• 2025-04-15 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 732). receipt
• 2025-04-14 House Conferees Appointed: Kapela, Poepoe Co-Chairs; Reyes Oda.
• 2025-04-11 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 704). receipt
• 2025-04-10 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). amendment-failure
• 2025-04-08 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 693) in amended form (SD 1).
• 2025-04-08 Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2025-04-04 48 Hrs. Notice 04-08-25.
• 2025-04-04 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-04-04 Reported from TCA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1732) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2025-03-13 The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in TCA were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Inouye, Elefante, Kanuha, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-10 The committee(s) on TCA has scheduled a public hearing on 03-13-25 3:15PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
• 2025-03-06 Referred to TCA. referral-committee
• 2025-03-06 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2025-03-06 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 306). introduction, receipt
• 2025-03-04 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia voting no (1) and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2025-02-28 Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1078), recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2025-02-21 The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Garcia; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Todd. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-19 Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Friday, 02-21-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2025-02-11 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-02-11 Reported from CAA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 366) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
• 2025-02-05 The committee on CAA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Kapela, Kong, Garrett, Lee, M., Sayama; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Reyes Oda. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-01-30 Bill scheduled to be heard by CAA on Wednesday, 02-05-25 10:30AM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2025-01-23 Referred to CAA, JHA, referral sheet 3 referral-committee
• 2025-01-23 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
• 2025-01-21 Pending introduction.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ebc99a3d-40f0-4eec-9be4-a9423004d44e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).