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type: "Bill"
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title: "RELATING TO THE CHIEF ELECTIONS OFFICER."
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description: "Specifies that the Chief Election Officer may only be terminated for cause. (CD1)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
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legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 2466"
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citation: "Hawaii SB 2466 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Chief Election Officer", "Elections Commission", "Termination"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["CHANG", "FUKUNAGA", "RHOADS"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 43
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2026-01-22"
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last_action: "2026-06-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1ba9f87-9230-4169-aafd-2c5e6de40a80"
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source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2466&year=2026"
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source_hash: "4ed4cf74f34f20c28cc6962019b28824fd30ad3268c1e2063db941918ef8be20"
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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 SB 2466 (2026) — RELATING TO THE CHIEF ELECTIONS OFFICER.
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Specifies that the Chief Election Officer may only be terminated for cause. (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. **SB2466** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2466_.HTM)
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2. **SB2466_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2466_CD1_.HTM)
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3. **SB2466_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2466_HD1_.HTM)
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4. **SB2466_HD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2466_HD2_.HTM)
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## Votes
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- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–3** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). — **21–3** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Third Reading. — **21–3** (pass) · upper
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- The committee on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · lower
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- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **2–1** (pass) · upper
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- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
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- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **2–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- CHANG — primary (person)
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- FUKUNAGA — primary (person)
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- RHOADS — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-06-04** Act 082, on 06/04/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1182). `became-law`
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- **2026-06-04** Act 082, 06/04/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1182). `became-law`
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- **2026-04-30** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-01** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 882). `receipt`
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- **2026-04-30** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 803). `receipt`
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- **2026-04-30** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 21; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 3 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte, Fevella). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Richards). `passage`
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- **2026-04-30** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Kila, Souza voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Cochran, Garcia, Gedeon, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Pierick, Reyes Oda, Shimizu voting no (9) and none excused (0). `passage`
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- **2026-04-28** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Thursday, 04-30-26.
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- **2026-04-28** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 2-26) as amended in (CD 1).
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- **2026-04-28** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-26.
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- **2026-04-28** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 2-26).
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- **2026-04-22** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 2 Ayes: Representative(s) Sayama, Tarnas; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Reyes Oda; and 0 Excused: none.
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- **2026-04-22** The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-21** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-22-26 2:30PM; Conference Room 325.
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- **2026-04-20** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 714). `receipt`
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- **2026-04-20** Senate Conferees Appointed: Rhoads Chair; Gabbard, Chang.
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- **2026-04-20** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 787). `receipt`
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- **2026-04-20** House Conferees Appointed: Sayama, Tarnas Co-Chairs; Reyes Oda.
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- **2026-04-16** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 710). `receipt`
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- **2026-04-16** Senate disagrees with House amendments. `amendment-failure`
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- **2026-04-16** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 662). `introduction, receipt`
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- **2026-04-14** Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Kila, Reyes Oda, Souza voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Cochran, Garcia, Gedeon, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Pierick, Shimizu voting no (8) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
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- **2026-04-09** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-14-26.
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- **2026-04-09** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2038-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
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- **2026-03-31** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Hashem, Kahaloa, Takayama; Ayes with reservations: none; 3 Noes: Representative(s) Cochran, Garcia, Shimizu; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Sayama. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-25** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 03-31-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
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- **2026-03-20** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with Representative(s) Souza voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Cochran, Garcia, Gedeon, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Reyes Oda, Shimizu voting no (8) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1). `reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-20** Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1261-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
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- **2026-03-17** The committee on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Sayama, Lee, M., Garrett, Kapela; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Kong; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Reyes Oda. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-12** Bill scheduled to be heard by LAB on Tuesday, 03-17-26 9:30AM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
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- **2026-03-10** Referred to LAB, JHA, referral sheet 16 `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-10** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2026-03-06** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 55). `introduction, receipt`
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- **2026-03-06** Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 21; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 3 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte, Fevella). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Ihara). Transmitted to House. `passage`
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- **2026-03-05** One Day Notice 3/6/26.
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- **2026-03-05** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading. `reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-05** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2800) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
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- **2026-02-13** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Chang, San Buenaventura. `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-09** The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 02-13-26 9:00AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
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- **2026-01-30** Re-Referred to JDC. `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-28** Referred to LBT, JDC. `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-22** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
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- **2026-01-22** Introduced. `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/e1ba9f87-9230-4169-aafd-2c5e6de40a80`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).
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