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type: "Bill"
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title: "RELATING TO HAWAIIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY."
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description: "Designates November 28 of each year as La Kuokoa, Hawaiian Independence Day, to celebrate the historical recognition of the independence of the Kingdom of Hawaii."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
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legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
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session: "2023 Regular Session"
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identifier: "SB 731"
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citation: "Hawaii SB 731 (2023 Regular Session)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Hawaiian Independence Day", "La Kuokoa"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["AQUINO", "DECOITE", "FEVELLA", "INOUYE", "KANUHA", "KEOHOKALOLE", "LEE", "RICHARDS", "SHIMABUKURO"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2023-01-20"
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last_action: "2023-04-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e8360d0-2bb4-4c27-b158-abf121699e44"
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source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=731&year=2023"
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source_hash: "da868f055ae09a70cafc26b92aa3ed3f87f41e55f7782a1dc86144194dfee68a"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-hi"]
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---
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# Hawaii SB 731 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO HAWAIIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY.
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Designates November 28 of each year as La Kuokoa, Hawaiian Independence Day, to celebrate the historical recognition of the independence of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **SB731** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB731_.HTM)
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## Votes
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- The committee(s) on HWN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
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- The committee on CAI recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- AQUINO — primary (person)
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- DECOITE — primary (person)
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- FEVELLA — primary (person)
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- INOUYE — primary (person)
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- KANUHA — primary (person)
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- KEOHOKALOLE — primary (person)
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- LEE — primary (person)
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- RICHARDS — primary (person)
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- SHIMABUKURO — primary (person)
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- Kidani — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-04-20** Act 011, 04/19/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1111). `became-law`
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- **2023-04-19** Act 011, on 04/19/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1111). `became-law`
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- **2023-04-04** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-04-04** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 523). `introduction, receipt`
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- **2023-04-03** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Aiu, Cochran, Nishimoto excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
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- **2023-04-03** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1875), recommending passage on Third Reading.
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- **2023-03-29** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Ganaden, Hashimoto, Ichiyama, Kong, Mizuno, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Holt, Ilagan. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-24** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 03-29-23 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
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- **2023-03-21** Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1). `reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-21** Reported from CAI (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1343), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
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- **2023-03-15** The committee on CAI recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tam, Martinez, Garrett, Kapela, Matayoshi, Sayama, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-13** Bill scheduled to be heard by CAI on Wednesday, 03-15-23 10:00AM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
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- **2023-02-16** Referred to CAI, JHA, referral sheet 15 `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-13** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-10** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 8). `introduction, receipt`
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- **2023-02-10** Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
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- **2023-02-09** One Day Notice 02-10-23.
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- **2023-02-09** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading. `reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-09** Reported from HWN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 107) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
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- **2023-02-02** The committee(s) on HWN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in HWN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Shimabukuro, Ihara, Keohokalole, Richards; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-01-30** The committee(s) on HWN has scheduled a public hearing on 02-02-23 1:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
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- **2023-01-25** Referred to HWN. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-23** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
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- **2023-01-20** Introduced. `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e8360d0-2bb4-4c27-b158-abf121699e44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).
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