republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2026/hb-1858.md

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Bill	RELATING TO VITAL STATISTICS.	Amends the various requirements in the event of a fetal death, including registration of certain fetal deaths, filing and preparation of a certificate of fetal death, and issuance of a permit for removal, burial, or other disposition. (SD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2026	HB 1858	Hawaii HB 1858 (2026)	bill	Certificate of Fetal Death Fetal Death Filing and Preparation Permits Registration Vital Statistics	enacted	AMATO HASHEM ILAGAN KAPELA KUSCH MARTEN OLDS SOUZA TAKAYAMA TARNAS	4	37	5	2026-01-23	2026-06-24	openstates	ocd-bill/b2e3390a-be76-4dab-bff0-ef90565ce424	https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1858&year=2026	ed405fcef2f04e4661e50963e719d4b35d827219e23c7375a9eef2db78a7a07e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 1858 (2026) — RELATING TO VITAL STATISTICS.

Amends the various requirements in the event of a fetal death, including registration of certain fetal deaths, filing and preparation of a certificate of fetal death, and issuance of a permit for removal, burial, or other disposition. (SD1)

Version chain

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

1. HB1858 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB1858_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB1858_HD2 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB1858_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reconsider: Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. — 25–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 7–2 (pass) · lower
• Reconsider: The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 4–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• AMATO — primary (person)
• HASHEM — primary (person)
• ILAGAN — primary (person)
• KAPELA — primary (person)
• KUSCH — primary (person)
• MARTEN — primary (person)
• OLDS — primary (person)
• SOUZA — primary (person)
• TAKAYAMA — primary (person)
• TARNAS — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-06-24 Act 137, on 06/24/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1238). became-law
• 2026-06-24 Act 137, 06/24/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1238). became-law
• 2026-04-23 Transmitted to Governor.
• 2026-04-24 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 823). receipt
• 2026-04-23 Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with Representative(s) Pierick voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Evslin excused (1). passage
• 2026-04-23 House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
• 2026-04-23 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 725). receipt
• 2026-04-23 Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 815). receipt
• 2026-04-22 Senate Conferees Appointed: San Buenaventura Chair; Chang Co-Chair; Fevella.
• 2026-04-22 Reconsideration of action taken on 04-16-26.
• 2026-04-17 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 780). receipt
• 2026-04-16 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). amendment-failure
• 2026-04-14 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 630) in amended form (SD 1).
• 2026-04-14 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2026-04-10 One Day Notice 04-14-26.
• 2026-04-10 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3754) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
• 2026-04-07 The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-01 The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-07-26 10:15AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
• 2026-03-30 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2026-03-30 Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3305) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
• 2026-03-20 The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Kanuha, Keohokalole, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) McKelvey. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-17 The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 03-20-26 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
• 2026-03-12 Referred to HHS, JDC. referral-committee
• 2026-03-12 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2026-03-12 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 301). introduction, receipt
• 2026-03-10 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2026-03-06 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-10-26.
• 2026-03-06 Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1150-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2026-02-24 The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Kahaloa, Sayama, Takayama, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Cochran; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Hashem, Garcia. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-20 Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 02-24-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2026-02-18 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Pierick voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2026-02-18 Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 365-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
• 2026-02-11 The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Amato, Hartsfield, Marten, Olds, Takenouchi; Ayes with reservations: none; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-06 Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Wednesday, 02-11-26 9:00AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2026-01-26 Referred to HLT, JHA, referral sheet 2 referral-committee
• 2026-01-26 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
• 2026-01-23 Pending introduction.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b2e3390a-be76-4dab-bff0-ef90565ce424. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).