republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2026/sb-2143.md

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Bill	RELATING TO THE CHIEF ELECTION OFFICER.	Establishes an order of succession for an Interim Chief Election Officer in the event of a vacancy in the position of Chief Election Officer until the Elections Commission appoints a new Chief Election Officer. (CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2026	SB 2143	Hawaii SB 2143 (2026)	bill	Chief Election Officer Elections Commission Order of Succession Vacancy	enacted	CHANG FEVELLA HASHIMOTO RHOADS RICHARDS	4	40	6	2026-01-14	2026-05-26	openstates	ocd-bill/68b94538-0259-4b41-847c-9666c0a74e89	https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2143&year=2026	78a9d2dc232b88a468be6ad1ad85eb09094b1e864397a9bd2c5da1b717f4bfb0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii SB 2143 (2026) — RELATING TO THE CHIEF ELECTION OFFICER.

Establishes an order of succession for an Interim Chief Election Officer in the event of a vacancy in the position of Chief Election Officer until the Elections Commission appoints a new Chief Election Officer. (CD1)

Version chain

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

1. SB2143 (committee substitute) — source
2. SB2143_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. SB2143_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
4. SB2143_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). — 24–1 (pass) · upper
• Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). — 22–2 (pass) · upper
• The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 7–3 (pass) · lower
• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 3–1 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• CHANG — primary (person)
• FEVELLA — primary (person)
• HASHIMOTO — primary (person)
• RHOADS — primary (person)
• RICHARDS — primary (person)
• San Buenaventura — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-05-26 Act 025, on 05/22/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1125). became-law
• 2026-05-26 Act 025, 05/22/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1125). became-law
• 2026-05-07 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2026-05-08 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888). receipt
• 2026-05-06 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Reyes Oda, Souza voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Cochran, Garcia, Gedeon, Hartsfield, Kila, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Shimizu voting no (9) and none excused (0). passage
• 2026-05-05 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 814). receipt
• 2026-05-01 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, Fevella). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Fukunaga). passage
• 2026-05-01 Deferred one day 05-06-26. deferral
• 2026-04-29 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Friday, 05-01-26.
• 2026-04-29 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 26-26) as amended in (CD 1).
• 2026-04-29 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-26.
• 2026-04-29 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 26-26).
• 2026-04-27 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Belatti, Poepoe; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Garcia; and 0 Excused: none.
• 2026-04-27 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) Rhoads, Chang, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-04-24 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-27-26 2:20PM; Conference Room 325.
• 2026-04-22 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 723). receipt
• 2026-04-22 Senate Conferees Appointed: Rhoads Chair; Chang, Gabbard, Fevella.
• 2026-04-20 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 787). receipt
• 2026-04-20 House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas Chair; Belatti, Poepoe, Garcia.
• 2026-04-10 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 564). receipt
• 2026-04-07 Senate disagrees with House amendments. amendment-failure
• 2026-04-07 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 473). introduction, receipt
• 2026-04-06 Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Kila, Reyes Oda, Souza voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Gedeon, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Shimizu voting no (6) and Representative(s) Cochran, Olds, Quinlan excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2026-04-01 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with Representative(s) Matsumoto, Reyes Oda, Souza voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Cochran, Garcia, Gedeon, Muraoka, Shimizu voting no (6) and none excused (0).
• 2026-04-01 Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1590-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2026-03-17 The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Sayama, Takayama; Ayes with reservations: none; 3 Noes: Representative(s) Cochran, Garcia, Shimizu; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-12 Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 03-17-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2026-03-12 Referred to JHA, referral sheet 17 referral-committee
• 2026-03-12 Pass First Reading reading-1
• 2026-03-10 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 178) in amended form (SD 1). introduction, receipt
• 2026-03-10 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
• 2026-03-05 48 Hrs. Notice 03-10-26.
• 2026-03-05 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2026-03-05 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2806) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2026-02-18 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, Chang; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) San Buenaventura. committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-11 The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 02-18-26 9:05AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
• 2026-02-04 Re-Referred to JDC. referral-committee
• 2026-01-22 Referred to GVO, JDC. referral-committee
• 2026-01-21 Introduced and passed First Reading. introduction
• 2026-01-14 Pending Introduction.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/68b94538-0259-4b41-847c-9666c0a74e89. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).