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type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO ELECTIONS."
description: "Requires the office of elections and campaign spending commission to include a candidate's legal name wherever the name requested to be printed on the ballot is used, except on the ballot. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2023 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 1294"
citation: "Hawaii HB 1294 (2023 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Candidates", "Elections", "Legal Name"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["AIU", "BELATTI", "GARRETT", "KAHALOA", "KILA", "LAMOSAO", "PERRUSO", "POEPOE", "QUINLAN", "TAKENOUCHI", "TAM", "TODD"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 40
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-06-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8904c36-7025-41f4-bbc8-f90fb73b90ec"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1294&year=2023"
source_hash: "450928c1e6429f13bfeb1abcdd2d45295350910c391381c6e4f3c7bd43af50a7"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-hi"]
---
# Hawaii HB 1294 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO ELECTIONS.
Requires the office of elections and campaign spending commission to include a candidate's legal name wherever the name requested to be printed on the ballot is used, except on the ballot. (CD1)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB1294** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB1294_.PDF)
2. **HB1294_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB1294_CD1_.HTM)
3. **HB1294_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB1294_HD1_.HTM)
4. **HB1294_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB1294_SD1_.HTM)
## Votes
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **30** (pass) · lower
- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **90** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **40** (pass) · upper
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **30** (pass) · upper
- Reconsider: The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **30** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- AIU — primary (person)
- BELATTI — primary (person)
- GARRETT — primary (person)
- KAHALOA — primary (person)
- KILA — primary (person)
- LAMOSAO — primary (person)
- PERRUSO — primary (person)
- POEPOE — primary (person)
- QUINLAN — primary (person)
- TAKENOUCHI — primary (person)
- TAM — primary (person)
- TODD — primary (person)
- Chun — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-06-23** Act 117, 06/23/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1218). `became-law`
- **2023-06-23** Act 117, on 06/23/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1218). `became-law`
- **2023-05-03** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2023-05-04** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 900). `receipt`
- **2023-05-02** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 993). `receipt`
- **2023-05-02** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Matsumoto, Pierick voting no (3) and none excused (0). `passage`
- **2023-05-02** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 0 (none). `passage`
- **2023-04-27** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-02-23.
- **2023-04-27** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 45).
- **2023-04-27** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday 05-02-23.
- **2023-04-27** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 45) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2023-04-27** 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, Gabbard, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-27** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- **2023-04-26** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-27-23 3:20PM; Conference Room 325.
- **2023-04-25** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 979). `receipt`
- **2023-04-25** Senate Conferees Appointed: Rhoads Chair; Gabbard, San Buenaventura.
- **2023-04-25** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 863). `receipt`
- **2023-04-24** House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas Chair; Takayama, Souza.
- **2023-04-13** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 721). `receipt`
- **2023-04-11** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-06** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 700) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2023-04-06** Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) DeCoite, Ihara, Keith-Agaran, Kim, McKelvey. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Fevella). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2023-04-04** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-06-23.
- **2023-04-04** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1615) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2023-03-30** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Elefante, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Gabbard ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) San Buenaventura. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-24** The committee(s) on JDC deferred the measure until 03-30-23 9:31AM; Conference Room 016. `deferral`
- **2023-03-20** The committee on JDC will reconsider its previous decision made on 03-17-23 and will hold a public decision making on 03-24-23 9:30AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
- **2023-03-17** 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, Elefante, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard, Awa. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-13** The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 03-17-23 10:00AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
- **2023-03-10** Referred to JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 425). `introduction, receipt`
- **2023-03-07** Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Matsumoto, Morikawa voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Amato, La Chica, Pierick voting no (3) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
- **2023-03-02** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 826) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2023-02-28** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Ganaden, Holt, Hashimoto, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Mizuno, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kong. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 02-28-23 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2023-01-30** Referred to JHA, referral sheet 3 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8904c36-7025-41f4-bbc8-f90fb73b90ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).