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type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO VETERANS CEMETERIES."
description: "Establishes the Veterans Cemeteries Board within the Office of Veterans' Services of the Department of Defense to provide veterans cemeteries in the State with guidance, education, technical assistance, and other support to ensure compliance with standards set by the National Cemetery Administration of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1377"
citation: "Hawaii SB 1377 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Defense", "Office of Veterans' Services", "Veterans Cemeteries", "Veterans Cemeteries Board"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KOUCHI"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 46
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-01-21"
last_action: "2025-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/276488cf-1eec-4127-b3c0-610763762597"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1377&year=2025"
source_hash: "abab9628833f4d2d4be4d54acef81ec9df706bba84f963efe2c14e1aaa63a3ea"
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 SB 1377 (2025) — RELATING TO VETERANS CEMETERIES.
Establishes the Veterans Cemeteries Board within the Office of Veterans' Services of the Department of Defense to provide veterans cemeteries in the State with guidance, education, technical assistance, and other support to ensure compliance with standards set by the National Cemetery Administration of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. (CD1)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **SB1377** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1377_.HTM)
2. **SB1377_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1377_CD1_.HTM)
3. **SB1377_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1377_HD1_.HTM)
4. **SB1377_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1377_SD1_.HTM)
5. **SB1377_SD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB1377_SD2_.HTM)
## Votes
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **40** (pass) · upper
- The committee on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **80** (pass) · lower
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **50** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **50** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **130** (pass) · upper
- Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). — **250** (pass) · upper
- The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **140** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- KOUCHI — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-05-29** Act 119, on 05/29/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1219). `became-law`
- **2025-05-29** Act 119, 05/29/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1219). `became-law`
- **2025-05-02** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-02** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 821). `receipt`
- **2025-05-01** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 888). `receipt`
- **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`
- **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`
- **2025-04-24** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-30-25.
- **2025-04-24** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 5) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2025-04-24** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-25.
- **2025-04-24** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 5).
- **2025-04-21** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Lamosao, Iwamoto, Morikawa, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- **2025-04-21** The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Elefante, Hashimoto, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-17** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-21-25 1:30PM; Conference Room 016.
- **2025-04-16** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-17-25 2:00PM; Conference Room 016.
- **2025-04-15** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 789). `receipt`
- **2025-04-15** Senate Conferees Appointed: Elefante Chair; Hashimoto, Wakai Co-Chairs; Fevella.
- **2025-04-15** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 731). `receipt`
- **2025-04-14** House Conferees Appointed: Belatti, Lamosao Co-Chairs; Iwamoto, Morikawa, Shimizu.
- **2025-04-10** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 779). `receipt`
- **2025-04-10** Senate disagrees with House amendments. `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-10** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 685). `introduction, receipt`
- **2025-04-08** Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Marten excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2025-04-04** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-08-25.
- **2025-04-04** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1985) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2025-04-01** The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Alcos. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 04-01-25 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2025-03-17** Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Lowen, Reyes Oda, Ward excused (4). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17** Reported from PBS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1283), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2025-03-12** The committee on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Iwamoto, Hashem, Lamosao, Morikawa, Poepoe, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Woodson. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06** Bill scheduled to be heard by PBS on Wednesday, 03-12-25 9:30AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2025-03-06** Referred to PBS, FIN, referral sheet 19 `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-04** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 317) in amended form (SD 2). `introduction, receipt`
- **2025-03-04** 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`
- **2025-02-28** 48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25.
- **2025-02-28** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 911) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
- **2025-02-27** 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`
- **2025-02-21** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-27-25 10:30AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
- **2025-02-12** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 284) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
- **2025-01-31** The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in PSM were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Elefante, Wakai, Fukunaga, Rhoads, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-28** The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 01-31-25 3:10PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
- **2025-01-27** Referred to PSM, WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-23** Introduced and passed First Reading. `introduction`
- **2025-01-21** Pending Introduction.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/276488cf-1eec-4127-b3c0-610763762597`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).