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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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6.6 KiB
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type: "Bill"
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title: "RELATING TO UNMANNED AIRCRAFT."
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description: "Establishes the felony offenses of misuse of uncrewed aircraft in the first, second, and third degrees. Requires uncrewed aircraft to be operated by a human operator at all times. (SD2)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
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legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 1869"
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citation: "Hawaii HB 1869 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Criminal Offenses", "Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Package", "Uncrewed Aircraft"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["SAIKI"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2024-01-18"
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last_action: "2024-07-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9835b40-c353-4de6-bffc-78c261b049a1"
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source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1869&year=2024"
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source_hash: "ed41ee2359fb7283856168efc39658baab01228e8246aa3d4e5252202f8d7d27"
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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 HB 1869 (2024) — RELATING TO UNMANNED AIRCRAFT.
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Establishes the felony offenses of misuse of uncrewed aircraft in the first, second, and third degrees. Requires uncrewed aircraft to be operated by a human operator at all times. (SD2)
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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. **HB1869** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB1869_.HTM)
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2. **HB1869_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB1869_HD1_.HTM)
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3. **HB1869_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB1869_SD1_.HTM)
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4. **HB1869_SD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB1869_SD2_.HTM)
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## Votes
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- The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reconsider: The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reconsider: The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- SAIKI — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-07-03** Act 161, 07/02/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1262). `became-law`
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- **2024-07-03** Act 161, on 07/02/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1262). `became-law`
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- **2024-04-18** Transmitted to Governor.
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- **2024-04-19** Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 772). `receipt`
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- **2024-04-18** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Garcia excused (1). `passage`
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- **2024-04-18** House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
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- **2024-04-18** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 763). `receipt`
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- **2024-04-17** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-11-24.
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- **2024-04-12** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 731). `receipt`
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- **2024-04-11** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). `amendment-failure`
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- **2024-04-09** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 524) in amended form (SD 2).
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- **2024-04-09** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Ihara). Transmitted to House. `passage`
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- **2024-04-05** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-09-24.
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- **2024-04-05** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3684) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
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- **2024-04-02** 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 ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-27** The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-02-24 10:05AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
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- **2024-03-22** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. `reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-22** Reported from TCA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3224) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
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- **2024-03-12** The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in TCA were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, Inouye, Elefante, Kanuha, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-08** The committee(s) on TCA has scheduled a public hearing on 03-12-24 3:05PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
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- **2024-03-07** Referred to TCA, JDC. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-07** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
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- **2024-03-07** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 244). `introduction, receipt`
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- **2024-03-05** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Martinez, Woodson excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
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- **2024-02-29** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with Representative(s) Souza voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Aiu, Cochran, Garrett, Holt, Kahaloa, Lowen, Nishimoto, Quinlan, Todd excused (9).
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- **2024-02-29** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 650-24) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
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- **2024-02-22** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Evslin, Ganaden, Holt, Ilagan, Miyake; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Kong, Souza. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-20** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 02-22-24 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
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- **2024-01-24** Referred to JHA, referral sheet 1 `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-19** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2024-01-18** Pending 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/d9835b40-c353-4de6-bffc-78c261b049a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).
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