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type: "Bill"
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title: "RELATING TO THE WOMEN'S COURT."
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description: "Permanently establishes the Women's Court Program in the First Circuit. Establishes a temporary two-year Women's Court Pilot Program within the Kona division of the Third Circuit. Requires reports. Establishes a temporary position. Appropriates funds. Sunsets 6/30/2027. (CD1)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
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legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 727"
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citation: "Hawaii HB 727 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Appropriations ($)", "Judiciary", "Reports", "Women's Court Pilot Program"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["AMATO", "BELATTI", "CHUN", "COCHRAN", "GRANDINETTI", "ICHIYAMA", "IWAMOTO", "KAHALOA", "KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY", "KILA", "KITAGAWA", "LA CHICA", "LAMOSAO", "LEE", "LOWEN", "M.", "MARTEN", "MATAYOSHI", "MATSUMOTO", "MIYAKE", "MORIKAWA", "PERRUSO", "POEPOE", "REYES ODA", "SAYAMA", "SOUZA", "TAKAYAMA", "TAKENOUCHI", "TAM", "TARNAS", "TEMPLO", "TODD"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 47
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2025-01-17"
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last_action: "2025-06-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d6d2d5c-0472-4caf-82b1-52249ea813c4"
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source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=727&year=2025"
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source_hash: "7039778a01b7af4206f5e8441b25ea1b6f70d2af3f40d80e88a27df9e2334fff"
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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 727 (2025) — RELATING TO THE WOMEN'S COURT.
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Permanently establishes the Women's Court Program in the First Circuit. Establishes a temporary two-year Women's Court Pilot Program within the Kona division of the Third Circuit. Requires reports. Establishes a temporary position. Appropriates funds. Sunsets 6/30/2027. (CD1)
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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. **HB727** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB727_.HTM)
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2. **HB727_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB727_CD1_.HTM)
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3. **HB727_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB727_HD1_.HTM)
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4. **HB727_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB727_SD1_.HTM)
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5. **HB727_SD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB727_SD2_.HTM)
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## Votes
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- The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
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- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). — **25–0** (pass) · upper
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- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **2–0** (pass) · upper
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- 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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- AMATO — primary (person)
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- BELATTI — primary (person)
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- CHUN — primary (person)
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- COCHRAN — primary (person)
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- GRANDINETTI — primary (person)
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- ICHIYAMA — primary (person)
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- IWAMOTO — primary (person)
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- KAHALOA — primary (person)
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- KEOHOKAPU-LEE LOY — primary (person)
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- KILA — primary (person)
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- KITAGAWA — primary (person)
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- LA CHICA — primary (person)
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- LAMOSAO — primary (person)
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- LEE — primary (person)
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- LOWEN — primary (person)
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- M. — primary (person)
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- MARTEN — primary (person)
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- MATAYOSHI — primary (person)
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- MATSUMOTO — primary (person)
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- MIYAKE — primary (person)
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- MORIKAWA — primary (person)
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- PERRUSO — primary (person)
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- POEPOE — primary (person)
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- REYES ODA — primary (person)
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- SAYAMA — primary (person)
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- SOUZA — primary (person)
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- TAKAYAMA — primary (person)
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- TAKENOUCHI — primary (person)
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- TAM — primary (person)
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- TARNAS — primary (person)
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- TEMPLO — primary (person)
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- TODD — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-06-26** Act 228, on 06/26/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1330). `became-law`
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- **2025-06-26** Act 228, 06/26/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1330). `became-law`
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- **2025-05-01** Transmitted to Governor.
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- **2025-05-02** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 821). `receipt`
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- **2025-05-01** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 888). `receipt`
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- **2025-04-30** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick excused (2). `passage`
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- **2025-04-30** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none. `passage`
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- **2025-04-24** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-25
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- **2025-04-24** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 58).
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- **2025-04-24** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-30-25.
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- **2025-04-24** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 58) as amended in (CD 1).
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- **2025-04-22** The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, DeCoite; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-22** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Kitagawa, Belatti, Ichiyama, Poepoe, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
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- **2025-04-21** Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Tuesday 04-22-25 2:05PM in conference room 325.
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- **2025-04-17** Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Monday 04-21-25 2:05PM in conference room 325.
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- **2025-04-16** Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-17-25 3:46PM in conference room 325.
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- **2025-04-15** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 788). `receipt`
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- **2025-04-15** Senate Conferees Appointed: Rhoads Chair; DeCoite Co-Chair; Awa.
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- **2025-04-15** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 732). `receipt`
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- **2025-04-14** House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas, Kitagawa Co-Chairs; Belatti, Ichiyama, Poepoe, Shimizu.
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- **2025-04-10** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 621). `receipt`
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- **2025-04-08** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). `amendment-failure`
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- **2025-04-04** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 578) in amended form (SD 2).
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- **2025-04-04** Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
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- **2025-04-02** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-04-25.
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- **2025-04-02** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1531) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
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- **2025-03-31** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-28** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-31-25 10:02AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
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- **2025-03-21** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. `reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-21** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1240) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
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- **2025-03-19** 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, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Chang. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-14** The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 03-19-25 9:45AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
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- **2025-03-11** Re-Referred to JDC, WAM. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-06** Referred to JDC/HHS, WAM. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-06** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-06** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 273). `introduction, receipt`
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- **2025-03-04** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
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- **2025-02-28** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1142), recommending passage on Third Reading.
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- **2025-02-25** The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Kusch, Reyes Oda, Ward. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-21** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 02-25-25 12:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
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- **2025-02-13** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3). `reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-13** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 624) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
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- **2025-01-30** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Hashem. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-01-24** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 01-30-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
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- **2025-01-21** Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 2 `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-21** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-01-17** 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/4d6d2d5c-0472-4caf-82b1-52249ea813c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).
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