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Bill RELATING TO VOTER REGISTRATION. Requires a person who applies for an identification card or driver's license to be automatically registered to vote unless the person affirmatively declines, subject to certain conditions. Requires the name and address of a person who applies for an identification card or driver's license and is registered to vote to be automatically updated on the person's voter registration record unless the person affirmatively declines. Effective 1/1/2027. (CD1) us/states/hi Hawaii Legislature 2026 SB 2239 Hawaii SB 2239 (2026)
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Hawaii SB 2239 (2026) — RELATING TO VOTER REGISTRATION.

Requires a person who applies for an identification card or driver's license to be automatically registered to vote unless the person affirmatively declines, subject to certain conditions. Requires the name and address of a person who applies for an identification card or driver's license and is registered to vote to be automatically updated on the person's voter registration record unless the person affirmatively declines. Effective 1/1/2027. (CD1)

Version chain

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

  1. SB2239 (committee substitute) — source
  2. SB2239_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. SB2239_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. SB2239_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). — 24–0 (pass) · upper
  • The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 6–1 (pass) · lower
  • The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 12–3 (pass) · lower
  • The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 3–1 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). — 24–1 (pass) · upper
  • The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–1 (pass) · upper
  • The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 2–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • CHANG — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-05-29 Act 067, on 05/29/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1167). became-law
  • 2026-05-29 Act 067, 05/29/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1167). became-law
  • 2026-05-08 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
  • 2026-05-08 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888). receipt
  • 2026-05-06 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 816). receipt
  • 2026-05-06 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Cochran, Garcia, Gedeon, Hartsfield, Kila, Kong, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Pierick, Shimizu voting no (11) and none excused (0). passage
  • 2026-05-06 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) McKelvey). Excused, 0 (none). passage
  • 2026-05-01 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-06-26.
  • 2026-05-01 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 130-26) as amended in (CD 1).
  • 2026-05-01 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-06-26.
  • 2026-05-01 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 130-26).
  • 2026-04-28 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, Chang; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-04-28 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Perruso, Poepoe; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Garcia; and 0 Excused: none.
  • 2026-04-27 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Tuesday 04-28-26 2:00PM in conference room 325.
  • 2026-04-24 Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Monday 04-27-26 2:00PM in conference room 325.
  • 2026-04-23 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-26 3:10PM; Conference Room 325.
  • 2026-04-22 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-23-26 2:35PM; Conference Room 325.
  • 2026-04-21 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 718). receipt
  • 2026-04-21 Senate Conferees Appointed: Rhoads Chair; Chang, Awa.
  • 2026-04-20 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 787). receipt
  • 2026-04-20 House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas, Perruso Co-Chairs; Poepoe, Garcia.
  • 2026-04-16 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 710). receipt
  • 2026-04-16 Senate disagrees with House amendments. amendment-failure
  • 2026-04-16 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 636). introduction, receipt
  • 2026-04-14 Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Cochran, Kila voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Gedeon, Hartsfield, Kong, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Olds, Pierick, Shimizu voting no (10) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. passage
  • 2026-04-10 Deferred one day 04-14-26. deferral
  • 2026-04-10 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2079-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.
  • 2026-04-07 The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 12 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 3 Noes: Representative(s) Hartsfield, Alcos, Gedeon; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Morikawa. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-04-02 Bill scheduled for decision making on Tuesday, 04-07-26 10:10AM in conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  • 2026-04-02 The committee(s) on FIN recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 04-07-26. deferral
  • 2026-03-31 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 04-02-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  • 2026-03-30 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Gedeon, Matsumoto, Muraoka voting no (5) and Representative(s) Cochran, Lowen, Perruso, Quinlan excused (4). reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2026-03-30 Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1555-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
  • 2026-03-25 The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Kahaloa, Takayama; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Shimizu; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Garcia; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Hashem, Sayama, Cochran. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-03-23 Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 03-25-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  • 2026-03-12 Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 17 referral-committee
  • 2026-03-12 Pass First Reading reading-1
  • 2026-03-10 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 194) in amended form (SD 1). introduction, receipt
  • 2026-03-10 Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) McKelvey . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Lee, C.). Transmitted to House. passage
  • 2026-03-06 48 Hrs. Notice 3-10-26.
  • 2026-03-06 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1). reading-2, referral-committee
  • 2026-03-06 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2881) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
  • 2026-02-18 The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) San Buenaventura. committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-02-11 The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 02-18-26 9:05AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
  • 2026-01-30 Re-Referred to JDC. referral-committee
  • 2026-01-26 Referred to GVO, JDC. referral-committee
  • 2026-01-21 Introduced and passed First Reading. introduction
  • 2026-01-14 Pending Introduction.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3a86ea14-0402-4695-99f8-3c918316b10c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).

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