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HB1531HIEngrossed 2026 Regular Session

Relating To Emergency Announcements.

Last status update Mar 10, 2026

What this measure contains

Requires the Governor or mayor of a county, during a state of emergency, to provide an American Sign Language interpreter at each live broadcast press conference. Requires the Governor or mayor of a county to provide a primary pool feed for any live official announcement that includes an American Sign Language interpreter in a picture-in-picture window, and does not require broadcasters that rebroadcast the official announcement to independently generate or insert this accessibility feature. Requires, to the fullest extent possible, that the American Sign Language interpreter's face, body, arms, and hands are visible. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

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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 PBS
  3. HD2by JHA

Companion measure: SB2121. A companion follows its own path; its votes are not combined with this one.

Decision stages

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

    9 aye · 0 no · 0 excused

  2. House second reading on HD1: Passed

    50 aye · 0 no · 1 excused

  3. House JHA committee on HD1: Passed, with amendments, reported as HD2

    6 aye · 3 aye with reservations · 0 no · 1 excused

  4. House third reading on HD2: Passed

    41 aye · 9 aye with reservations · 0 no · 0 excused

House members along the path

House members' votes at each stage of HB1531
MemberPBS
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		JHA
HD1		Third reading
HD2		Change along the path
Della au BelattiHD-026AyeAyeAyeAye
Elle CochranHD-014AyeAyeAye
Diamond GarciaHD-042AyeAye*Aye*Added reservations at House JHA committee (HD1)
Joe GedeonHD-018AyeAye*Added reservations at House third reading (HD2)
Daisy HartsfieldHD-036AyeAye*Added reservations at House third reading (HD2)
Mark HashemHD-019AyeAyeAyeAye
Daniel HoltHD-028Excused
Linda IchiyamaHD-031AyeAyeAye
Kim IwamotoHD-025AyeAyeAye
Kirstin KahaloaHD-006AyeAye*Aye*Added reservations at House JHA committee (HD1)
Sue Keohokapu-Lee LoyHD-002AyeAye*Added reservations at House third reading (HD2)
Darius KilaHD-044AyeAye*Added reservations at House third reading (HD2)
Daynette MorikawaHD-017AyeAyeAye
Ikaika OldsHD-023AyeAye*Added reservations at House third reading (HD2)
Mahina PoepoeHD-013AyeAyeAyeAye
Jackson SayamaHD-021AyeExcusedAye
Garner ShimizuHD-032AyeAyeAye*Aye*Added reservations at House JHA committee (HD1)
Kanani SouzaHD-043AyeAyeAye*Added reservations at House third reading (HD2)
Gregg TakayamaHD-034AyeAyeAye
David TarnasHD-008AyeAyeAye
Justin WoodsonHD-009AyeAyeAye
30 more House members only counted as floor ayes
MemberPBS
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		JHA
HD1		Third reading
HD2		Change along the path
David AlcosHD-041AyeAye
Terez AmatoHD-011AyeAye
Cory ChunHD-035AyeAye
Luke EvslinHD-016AyeAye
Andrew GarrettHD-022AyeAye
Tina GrandinettiHD-020AyeAye
Ikaika HusseyHD-029AyeAye
Greggor IlaganHD-004AyeAye
Jeanne KapelaHD-005AyeAye
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
Lauren MatsumotoHD-038AyeAye
Tyson MiyakeHD-010AyeAye
Chris MuraokaHD-045AyeAye
Nadine NakamuraHD-015AyeAye
Amy PerrusoHD-046AyeAye
Elijah PierickHD-039AyeAye
Sean QuinlanHD-047AyeAye
Julie Reyes OdaHD-040AyeAye
Jenna TakenouchiHD-027AyeAye
Adrian TamHD-024AyeAye
Shirley Ann TemploHD-030AyeAye
Chris ToddHD-003AyeAye
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 PBS, JHA, referral sheet 1

  4. Bill scheduled to be heard by PBS on Friday, 01-30-26 11:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  5. The committee(s) on PBS recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-04-26.

  6. Bill scheduled for decision making on Wednesday, 02-04-26 11:30AM in conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  7. The committee(s) on PBS recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-06-26 11:30AM.

  8. Bill scheduled for decision making on Friday, 02-06-26 11:30AM in conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  9. The committee on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Iwamoto, Hashem, Ichiyama, Morikawa, Poepoe, Woodson, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

  10. Reported from PBS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 191-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

  11. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Holt excused (1).

  12. Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 03-05-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  13. The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Cochran, Hashem, Takayama; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Kahaloa, Garcia, Shimizu; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Sayama.

  14. Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1146-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.

  15. Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-10-26.

  16. Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Garcia, Gedeon, Hartsfield, Kahaloa, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kila, Olds, Shimizu, Souza voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.

  17. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 240).

  18. Passed First Reading.

  19. Referred to PSM, WAM.

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