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type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO MARRIAGE."
description: "Provides for the replacement of certificates of marriage for individuals who have changed their gender, sex, and, if applicable, name. Effective 1/1/2024. (SD2)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2023 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 485"
citation: "Hawaii HB 485 (2023 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Certificates of Marriage", "Changes", "Department of Health", "Gender and Sex Identifiers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["AMATO", "HASHIMOTO", "ICHIYAMA", "KAHALOA", "KAPELA", "KILA", "LOWEN", "MARTEN", "PERRUSO", "TAM", "TODD"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 39
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/466dadcd-63a9-4f03-a60e-10809a709727"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=485&year=2023"
source_hash: "c9a68f8709336ad06ce7515f945b69642a8fd63b02499d425284d56f1ffcd1b0"
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 485 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO MARRIAGE.
Provides for the replacement of certificates of marriage for individuals who have changed their gender, sex, and, if applicable, name. Effective 1/1/2024. (SD2)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB485** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB485_.HTM)
2. **HB485_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB485_HD1_.HTM)
3. **HB485_HD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB485_HD2_.HTM)
4. **HB485_HD3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB485_HD3_.HTM)
5. **HB485_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB485_SD1_.HTM)
6. **HB485_SD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB485_SD2_.HTM)
## Votes
- Reconsider: The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **41** (pass) · upper
- The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **61** (pass) · lower
- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **100** (pass) · lower
- Reconsider: The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **160** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **41** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- AMATO — primary (person)
- HASHIMOTO — primary (person)
- ICHIYAMA — primary (person)
- KAHALOA — primary (person)
- KAPELA — primary (person)
- KILA — primary (person)
- LOWEN — primary (person)
- MARTEN — primary (person)
- PERRUSO — primary (person)
- TAM — primary (person)
- TODD — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-07-05** Act 179, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1282). `became-law`
- **2023-07-05** Act 179, on 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1282). `became-law`
- **2023-04-28** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2023-04-28** Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 890). `receipt`
- **2023-04-27** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Matsumoto, Pierick, Ward voting no (5) and Representative(s) Ganaden excused (1). `passage`
- **2023-04-27** House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
- **2023-04-27** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 873). `receipt`
- **2023-04-25** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-11-23.
- **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. 687) in amended form (SD 2).
- **2023-04-06** Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none. 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** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1600) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
- **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, Gabbard, Elefante, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-24** The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-30-23 9:35AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
- **2023-03-23** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1296) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
- **2023-03-15** 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, Aquino, Moriwaki, Shimabukuro; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-10** The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 03-15-23 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
- **2023-03-10** Referred to HHS, JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 295). `introduction, receipt`
- **2023-03-07** Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 3 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Matsumoto, Pierick voting no (4) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2023-03-03** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-07-23.
- **2023-03-03** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1096) as amended in HD 3, recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2023-02-23** The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Cochran, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kila, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Nishimoto, Poepoe, Takenouchi; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Alcos, Ward; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-21** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 02-23-23 1:30PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2023-02-14** Report adopted. referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Matsumoto, Ward voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Pierick voting no (3) and Representative(s) Kitagawa excused (1).
- **2023-02-14** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 389) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
- **2023-02-09** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Ganaden, Holt, Hashimoto, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Kong, Mizuno, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-07** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 02-09-23 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2023-02-07** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with Representative(s) Matsumoto, Ward voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Pierick voting no (3) and none excused (0). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 101) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
- **2023-02-03** The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Takenouchi, Ilagan, Kobayashi, Mizuno, Nishimoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Garcia; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Amato. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-31** Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Friday, 02-03-23 8:30AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2023-01-25** Referred to HLT, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-20** Pending introduction.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/466dadcd-63a9-4f03-a60e-10809a709727`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).