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---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO DISCRIMINATION."
description: "Lengthens the statute of limitations to file a complaint of discrimination with the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission to one year. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 2727"
citation: "Hawaii SB 2727 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Anti-discrimination", "Hawaii Civil Rights Commission", "Statute of Limitations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["RHOADS"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-23"
last_action: "2026-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0a95258-b72e-4414-a2bf-fa4240e845b8"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2727&year=2026"
source_hash: "4e8dbfb5d243b48ecc0f60dd0141bf3fd7a2e8eb99687a50284ad67c337f5d87"
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 2727 (2026) — RELATING TO DISCRIMINATION.
Lengthens the statute of limitations to file a complaint of discrimination with the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission to one year. (CD1)
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **SB2727** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2727_.HTM)
2. **SB2727_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2727_CD1_.HTM)
3. **SB2727_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB2727_HD1_.HTM)
## Votes
- Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **3–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **3–1** (pass) · upper
- Passed Third Reading. — **24–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- RHOADS — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-05-28** Act 056, on 05/28/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1156). `became-law`
- **2026-05-28** Act 056, 05/28/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1156). `became-law`
- **2026-04-30** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-01** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 882). `receipt`
- **2026-04-30** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 803). `receipt`
- **2026-04-30** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). `passage`
- **2026-04-30** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). `passage`
- **2026-04-28** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Thursday, 04-30-26.
- **2026-04-28** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 7-26) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2026-04-28** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-26.
- **2026-04-28** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 7-26).
- **2026-04-23** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- **2026-04-23** 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, Chang, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-22** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-23-26 2:35PM; Conference Room 325.
- **2026-04-22** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 720). `receipt`
- **2026-04-21** Senate Conferees Appointed: Rhoads Chair; Chang, Awa.
- **2026-04-21** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 800). `receipt`
- **2026-04-21** House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas Chair; Poepoe, Shimizu.
- **2026-04-10** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 564). `receipt`
- **2026-04-07** Senate disagrees with House amendments. `amendment-failure`
- **2026-04-07** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 479). `introduction, receipt`
- **2026-04-06** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Olds, Quinlan excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2026-04-01** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
- **2026-04-01** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1588-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2026-03-17** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Cochran, Hashem, Kahaloa, Sayama, Takayama, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Garcia; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-12** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 03-17-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2026-03-10** Referred to JHA, referral sheet 16 `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-10** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2026-03-06** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 77). `introduction, receipt`
- **2026-03-06** Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Ihara). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2026-03-05** One Day Notice 3/06/2026.
- **2026-03-05** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2805) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2026-02-18** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. 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** Referred to JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-26** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2026-01-23** Introduced. `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0a95258-b72e-4414-a2bf-fa4240e845b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).