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HB141HIEngrossed 2026 Regular Session

Relating To The Elections Commission.

Last status update Mar 4, 2025

What this measure contains

Makes the members of the Elections Commission subject to the advice and consent of the Senate. Clarifies that a majority of all members to which the Elections Commission is entitled shall constitute a quorum to do business. (HD1)

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Bill text and versions

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Related measures

  • SB948— Same As
  • HB141— Carry Over

Related measures may contain different language or follow different histories.

How this measure moved

Legislative path

Each stage below is a recorded decision from the official measure history, attached to the draft it considered. A member's row follows their votes from the first draft to the latest, and a highlighted vote marks where it changed. Committee and conference votes list every member by name. Floor votes list only exceptions; members serving that day who aren't named are shown as ayes in a dashed outline.

  1. Introduced
  2. HD1by JHA

Companion measures: SB948, HB141. A companion follows its own path; its votes are not combined with this one.

Decision stages

  1. House JHA committee on the introduced draft: Passed, with amendments, reported as HD1

    8 aye · 2 no · 1 excused

  2. House second reading on HD1: Passed

    41 aye · 6 no · 4 excused

  3. House third reading on HD1: Passed

    40 aye · 1 aye with reservations · 7 no · 3 excused

House members along the path

House members' votes at each stage of HB141
MemberJHA
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		Third reading
HD1		Change along the path
Darius KilaHD-044AyeNoAye → No at House third reading (HD1)
David AlcosHD-041NoNo
Della au BelattiHD-026AyeAyeAye
Elle CochranHD-014ExcusedExcusedAye
Diamond GarciaHD-042NoNoNo
Mark HashemHD-019AyeAyeAye
Ikaika HusseyHD-029AyeAye*Added reservations at House third reading (HD1)
Kirstin KahaloaHD-006AyeAyeAye
Jeanne KapelaHD-005AyeExcused
Lauren MatsumotoHD-038NoNo
Chris MuraokaHD-045NoNo
Amy PerrusoHD-046AyeAyeAye
Elijah PierickHD-039ExcusedExcused
Mahina PoepoeHD-013AyeAyeAye
Julie Reyes OdaHD-040NoNo
Garner ShimizuHD-032NoNoNo
Gregg TakayamaHD-034AyeAyeAye
David TarnasHD-008AyeAyeAye
Shirley Ann TemploHD-030ExcusedAye
Chris ToddHD-003AyeAyeAye
Gene WardHD-018ExcusedExcused
30 more House members only counted as floor ayes
MemberJHA
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		Third reading
HD1		Change along the path
Terez AmatoHD-011AyeAye
Cory ChunHD-035AyeAye
Luke EvslinHD-016AyeAye
Rachele Fernandez LamosaoSD-019AyeAye
Andrew GarrettHD-022AyeAye
Tina GrandinettiHD-020AyeAye
Daniel HoltHD-028AyeAye
Linda IchiyamaHD-031AyeAye
Greggor IlaganHD-004AyeAye
Kim IwamotoHD-025AyeAye
Sue Keohokapu-Lee LoyHD-002AyeAye
Lisa KitagawaHD-048AyeAye
Sam KongHD-033AyeAye
Matthias KuschHD-001AyeAye
Trish La ChicaHD-037AyeAye
Mike LeeHD-050AyeAye
Nicole LowenHD-007AyeAye
Lisa MartenHD-051AyeAye
Scot MatayoshiHD-049AyeAye
Tyson MiyakeHD-010AyeAye
Daynette MorikawaHD-017AyeAye
Nadine NakamuraHD-015AyeAye
Ikaika OldsHD-023AyeAye
Sean QuinlanHD-047AyeAye
Jackson SayamaHD-021AyeAye
Kanani SouzaHD-043AyeAye
Jenna TakenouchiHD-027AyeAye
Adrian TamHD-024AyeAye
Justin WoodsonHD-009AyeAye
Kyle YamashitaHD-012AyeAye

Aye named · Aye* with reservations · Aye floor vote, not named as an exception · No · Excused · Changed reversed from the previous vote

Names are matched to legislators only when exactly one person fits; every printed name on this measure was matched. A missing vote means no record was found for that member at that stage, not a no vote. Committee codes follow the Legislature's abbreviations.Official measure history ↗

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Legislative history

  1. Prefiled.

  2. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

  3. Referred to JHA, referral sheet 1

  4. Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 01-28-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  5. The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd; Ayes with reservations: none; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Garcia, Shimizu; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.

  6. Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 821) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.

  7. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Reyes Oda, Shimizu voting no (6) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4).

  8. Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Hussey voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Kila, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Reyes Oda, Shimizu voting no (7) and Representative(s) Kapela, Pierick, Ward excused (3). Transmitted to Senate.

  9. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 194).

  10. Passed First Reading.

  11. Referred to JDC, WAM.

  12. Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

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