republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2023-regular-session/hb-1036.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO HOMELAND SECURITY."
description: "Formally establishes the Hawaii State Fusion Center as a program under the Office of Homeland Security to be transferred to the Department of Law Enforcement on 1/1/2024, and delineates its roles and responsibilities. (SD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2023 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 1036"
citation: "Hawaii HB 1036 (2023 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Law Enforcement", "Hawaii State Fusion Center", "Office of Homeland Security"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SAIKI"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d007d35-b01a-4365-b00a-a81ed16ec0f3"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1036&year=2023"
source_hash: "83c8d888dd56b3f13f42e065bdea5dc23d3b370de67d410909762da49a8eee2c"
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 1036 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO HOMELAND SECURITY.

Formally establishes the Hawaii State Fusion Center as a program under the Office of Homeland Security to be transferred to the Department of Law Enforcement on 1/1/2024, and delineates its roles and responsibilities. (SD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB1036** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB1036_.HTM)
2. **HB1036_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB1036_HD1_.HTM)
3. **HB1036_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB1036_SD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reconsider: The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Reconsider: The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SAIKI — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-07-05** Act 185, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1288). `became-law`
- **2023-07-05** Act 185, on 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1288). `became-law`
- **2023-04-28** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2023-04-28** Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 890). `receipt`
- **2023-04-27** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Kapela, Perruso voting no (2) and Representative(s) Ganaden excused (1). `passage`
- **2023-04-27** House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
- **2023-04-27** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 874). `receipt`
- **2023-04-25** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-13-23.
- **2023-04-14** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 800). `receipt`
- **2023-04-13** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-11** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 828) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2023-04-11** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Keohokalole). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2023-04-06** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-11-23.
- **2023-04-06** Reported from JDC/WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1862) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).
- **2023-04-04** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 11 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, Aquino, DeCoite, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Moriwaki, Shimabukuro. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Elefante, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-31** The committee(s) on JDC/WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-04-23 10:00AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
- **2023-03-20** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDC/WAM. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20** Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1199) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to JDC/WAM.
- **2023-03-15** The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in PSM were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Elefante, McKelvey, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fukunaga. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-10** The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-15-23 3:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
- **2023-03-10** Referred to PSM, JDC/WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 384). `introduction, receipt`
- **2023-03-07** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Perruso voting no (1) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2023-03-03** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1211), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2023-02-28** The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Cochran, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kila, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Nishimoto, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Alcos, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-25** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 02-28-23 11:30AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2023-02-16** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Todd excused (1). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 504) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2023-02-09** The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Poepoe, Chun, Ganaden, Hashem, Morikawa, Takayama, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-06** Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Thursday, 02-09-23 9:30AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2023-01-30** Referred to WAL, FIN, referral sheet 3 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-23** Pending introduction.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d007d35-b01a-4365-b00a-a81ed16ec0f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).