republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2026/hb-1858.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO VITAL STATISTICS."
description: "Amends the various requirements in the event of a fetal death, including registration of certain fetal deaths, filing and preparation of a certificate of fetal death, and issuance of a permit for removal, burial, or other disposition. (SD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1858"
citation: "Hawaii HB 1858 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Certificate of Fetal Death", "Fetal Death", "Filing and Preparation", "Permits", "Registration", "Vital Statistics"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["AMATO", "HASHEM", "ILAGAN", "KAPELA", "KUSCH", "MARTEN", "OLDS", "SOUZA", "TAKAYAMA", "TARNAS"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-23"
last_action: "2026-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b2e3390a-be76-4dab-bff0-ef90565ce424"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1858&year=2026"
source_hash: "ed405fcef2f04e4661e50963e719d4b35d827219e23c7375a9eef2db78a7a07e"
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 1858 (2026) — RELATING TO VITAL STATISTICS.

Amends the various requirements in the event of a fetal death, including registration of certain fetal deaths, filing and preparation of a certificate of fetal death, and issuance of a permit for removal, burial, or other disposition. (SD1)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB1858** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1858_.HTM)
2. **HB1858_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1858_HD1_.HTM)
3. **HB1858_HD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1858_HD2_.HTM)
4. **HB1858_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/HB1858_SD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- Reconsider: Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **7–2** (pass) · lower
- Reconsider: The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- AMATO — primary (person)
- HASHEM — primary (person)
- ILAGAN — primary (person)
- KAPELA — primary (person)
- KUSCH — primary (person)
- MARTEN — primary (person)
- OLDS — primary (person)
- SOUZA — primary (person)
- TAKAYAMA — primary (person)
- TARNAS — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-06-24** Act 137, on 06/24/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1238). `became-law`
- **2026-06-24** Act 137, 06/24/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1238). `became-law`
- **2026-04-23** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2026-04-24** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 823). `receipt`
- **2026-04-23** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with Representative(s) Pierick voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Evslin excused (1). `passage`
- **2026-04-23** House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
- **2026-04-23** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 725). `receipt`
- **2026-04-23** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 815). `receipt`
- **2026-04-22** Senate Conferees Appointed: San Buenaventura Chair; Chang Co-Chair; Fevella.
- **2026-04-22** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-16-26.
- **2026-04-17** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 780). `receipt`
- **2026-04-16** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). `amendment-failure`
- **2026-04-14** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 630) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2026-04-14** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2026-04-10** One Day Notice 04-14-26.
- **2026-04-10** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3754) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
- **2026-04-07** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-01** The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-07-26 10:15AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
- **2026-03-30** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-30** Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3305) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
- **2026-03-20** 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, Kanuha, Keohokalole, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) McKelvey. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-17** The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 03-20-26 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
- **2026-03-12** Referred to HHS, JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-12** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2026-03-12** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 301). `introduction, receipt`
- **2026-03-10** Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2026-03-06** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-10-26.
- **2026-03-06** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1150-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2026-02-24** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Kahaloa, Sayama, Takayama, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Cochran; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Hashem, Garcia. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-20** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 02-24-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2026-02-18** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Pierick voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 365-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
- **2026-02-11** The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Amato, Hartsfield, Marten, Olds, Takenouchi; Ayes with reservations: none; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-06** Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Wednesday, 02-11-26 9:00AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2026-01-26** Referred to HLT, JHA, referral sheet 2 `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-26** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-01-23** Pending introduction.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b2e3390a-be76-4dab-bff0-ef90565ce424`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).