republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2025/sb-176.md

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Bill	RELATING TO RECOUNTS.	Allows for ballots designated by the county clerks for inclusion to be included in the initial tabulation for purposes of initial recounts. Prohibits ballots that the county clerks initially determine are deficient or need additional time to be corrected or verified from being included in the initial tabulation. Increases the minimum threshold required to trigger an automatic recount. (CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2025	SB 176	Hawaii SB 176 (2025)	bill	Elections Initial Tabulation Recounts	enacted	RHOADS	4	39	6	2025-01-13	2025-06-25	openstates	ocd-bill/76d1c688-48eb-48d2-87a1-0a5f54a19a79	https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=176&year=2025	0da3d192b5a58706b77e095ced78631e48caaa863f58f19abfe670251721024f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii SB 176 (2025) — RELATING TO RECOUNTS.

Allows for ballots designated by the county clerks for inclusion to be included in the initial tabulation for purposes of initial recounts. Prohibits ballots that the county clerks initially determine are deficient or need additional time to be corrected or verified from being included in the initial tabulation. Increases the minimum threshold required to trigger an automatic recount. (CD1)

Version chain

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

1. SB176 (committee substitute) — source
2. SB176_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. SB176_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
4. SB176_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–1 (pass) · upper
• The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 2–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). — 21–3 (pass) · upper
• Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). — 22–3 (pass) · upper
• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 3–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• RHOADS — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-06-25 Act 226, on 06/25/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1328). became-law
• 2025-06-25 Act 226, 06/25/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1328). became-law
• 2025-05-02 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
• 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 none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Pierick, Reyes Oda voting no (5) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). passage
• 2025-04-30 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 3 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte, Fevella). Excused, 0 (none). passage
• 2025-04-24 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-30-25.
• 2025-04-24 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 11) as amended in (CD 1).
• 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. 11).
• 2025-04-22 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
• 2025-04-22 The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Chang. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-17 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-21-25 2:00PM; Conference Room 325.
• 2025-04-17 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 825). receipt
• 2025-04-17 Senate Conferees Appointed: Rhoads Chair; Chang, Gabbard.
• 2025-04-15 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 731). receipt
• 2025-04-14 House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas Chair; Poepoe, Shimizu.
• 2025-04-03 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 481). receipt
• 2025-04-03 Senate disagrees with House amendments. amendment-failure
• 2025-04-03 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 431). introduction, receipt
• 2025-04-02 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Pierick, Reyes Oda, Shimizu voting no (7) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2025-03-31 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with Representative(s) Alcos, Matsumoto, Reyes Oda, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (3) and Representative(s) Cochran, Hussey, Lowen, Ward excused (4).
• 2025-03-31 Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1720) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2025-03-12 The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Perruso, Takayama, Todd; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Shimizu; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Hashem, Kahaloa, Garcia. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-10 Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 03-12-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2025-03-06 Referred to JHA, referral sheet 19 referral-committee
• 2025-03-06 Pass First Reading reading-1
• 2025-03-04 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 105) in amended form (SD 1). introduction, receipt
• 2025-03-04 Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 21; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 3 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte, Fevella). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Chang). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2025-02-28 48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25.
• 2025-02-28 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-02-28 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 811) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2025-02-05 The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Chang. committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-01-29 The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 02-05-25 9:15AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
• 2025-01-27 Re-Referred to JDC. referral-committee
• 2025-01-17 Referred to JDC, WAM. referral-committee
• 2025-01-15 Introduced and passed First Reading. introduction
• 2025-01-13 Pending Introduction.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/76d1c688-48eb-48d2-87a1-0a5f54a19a79. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).