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HB1947HIIntroduced 2026 Regular Session

Relating To Tourism.

Last status update Jan 26, 2026

What this measure contains

Repeals the Hawaii Tourism Authority. Establishes the Office of Tourism within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

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Bill text and versions

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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 WAL

Decision stages

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

    5 aye · 1 aye with reservations · 0 no · 1 excused

  2. House WAL committee on the introduced draft: Passed, with amendments, reported as HD1

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

  3. House second reading on HD1: Passed

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

House members along the path

House members' votes at each stage of HB1947
MemberTOU
Introduced		WAL
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		Change along the path
David AlcosHD-041Aye*
Della au BelattiHD-026AyeAye
Diamond GarciaHD-042No
Joe GedeonHD-018Aye*Aye*
Mark HashemHD-019AyeAye
Daniel HoltHD-028ExcusedAye
Ikaika HusseyHD-029AyeAye
Linda IchiyamaHD-031AyeAye
Greggor IlaganHD-004AyeAye
Kim IwamotoHD-025Aye*AyeDropped reservations at House second reading (HD1)
Lauren MatsumotoHD-038Aye*
Daynette MorikawaHD-017AyeAye
Chris MuraokaHD-045No
Elijah PierickHD-039No
Mahina PoepoeHD-013AyeAye
Julie Reyes OdaHD-040Aye*
Garner ShimizuHD-032Aye*Aye*
Kanani SouzaHD-043Aye*Aye*
Adrian TamHD-024AyeAye
Shirley Ann TemploHD-030AyeAye
Justin WoodsonHD-009AyeAye
Kyle YamashitaHD-012AyeAye
29 more House members only counted as floor ayes
MemberTOU
Introduced		WAL
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		Change along the path
Terez AmatoHD-011Aye
Cory ChunHD-035Aye
Elle CochranHD-014Aye
Luke EvslinHD-016Aye
Andrew GarrettHD-022Aye
Tina GrandinettiHD-020Aye
Daisy HartsfieldHD-036Aye
Kirstin KahaloaHD-006Aye
Jeanne KapelaHD-005Aye
Sue Keohokapu-Lee LoyHD-002Aye
Darius KilaHD-044Aye
Lisa KitagawaHD-048Aye
Sam KongHD-033Aye
Matthias KuschHD-001Aye
Trish La ChicaHD-037Aye
Mike LeeHD-050Aye
Nicole LowenHD-007Aye
Lisa MartenHD-051Aye
Scot MatayoshiHD-049Aye
Tyson MiyakeHD-010Aye
Nadine NakamuraHD-015Aye
Ikaika OldsHD-023Aye
Amy PerrusoHD-046Aye
Sean QuinlanHD-047Aye
Jackson SayamaHD-021Aye
Gregg TakayamaHD-034Aye
Jenna TakenouchiHD-027Aye
David TarnasHD-008Aye
Chris ToddHD-003Aye

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

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Legislative history

  1. Pending introduction.

  2. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

  3. Referred to TOU/WAL, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 3

  4. Bill scheduled to be heard by TOU/WAL on Tuesday, 02-10-26 11:15AM in House conference room 423 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  5. The committee on TOU recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Tam, Templo, Hussey, Ilagan, Yamashita; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Gedeon; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Holt.

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

  7. Reported from TOU/WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 249-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

  8. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with Representative(s) Alcos, Gedeon, Matsumoto, Reyes Oda, Shimizu, Souza voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (3) and none excused (0).

  9. Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 02-19-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  10. The committee(s) on JHA recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.

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