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HB1948HIEngrossed 2026 Regular Session

Relating To Single-use Plastics.

Last status update Mar 10, 2026

What this measure contains

Prohibits lodging establishments from providing personal care products in small plastic containers within sleeping room accommodations, any space within sleeping room accommodations, or bathrooms used by the public or guests. Establishes civil penalties. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

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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 TOU
  3. HD2by JHA

Decision stages

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

    7 aye · 0 no · 0 excused

  2. House second reading on HD1: Passed

    48 aye · 3 no · 0 excused

  3. House EEP committee on HD1: Passed, unamended

    6 aye · 0 no · 1 excused

  4. House report adoption on HD1: Report adopted

    46 aye · 4 no · 0 excused

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

    5 aye · 1 aye with reservations · 1 no · 3 excused

  6. House third reading on HD2: Passed

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

House members along the path

House members' votes at each stage of HB1948
MemberTOU
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		EEP
HD1		Report adoption
HD1		JHA
HD1		Third reading
HD2		Change along the path
Elijah PierickHD-039AyeNoNoAye → No at House report adoption (HD1)
Garner ShimizuHD-032NoNoAye*Aye*No → Aye with reservations at House JHA committee (HD1)
David AlcosHD-041NoNoNo
Della au BelattiHD-026AyeAyeExcusedAye
Cory ChunHD-035AyeAyeAyeAye
Elle CochranHD-014AyeAyeAyeAye
Diamond GarciaHD-042NoNoNoNo
Joe GedeonHD-018AyeAyeAyeAye
Mark HashemHD-019AyeAyeExcusedAye
Daniel HoltHD-028AyeAye
Ikaika HusseyHD-029AyeAyeAyeAye
Greggor IlaganHD-004AyeAyeAyeAye
Kirstin KahaloaHD-006AyeAyeAyeAyeAye
Matthias KuschHD-001AyeAyeAyeAye
Nicole LowenHD-007AyeAyeAyeAye
Lauren MatsumotoHD-038AyeAyeAyeAye
Amy PerrusoHD-046AyeAyeAyeAye
Mahina PoepoeHD-013AyeAyeAyeAye
Sean QuinlanHD-047AyeExcusedAyeAye
Jackson SayamaHD-021AyeAyeExcusedAye
Gregg TakayamaHD-034AyeAyeAyeAye
Adrian TamHD-024AyeAyeAyeAye
David TarnasHD-008AyeAyeAyeAye
Shirley Ann TemploHD-030AyeAyeAyeAye
Kyle YamashitaHD-012AyeAyeAyeAye
26 more House members only counted as floor ayes
MemberTOU
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		EEP
HD1		Report adoption
HD1		JHA
HD1		Third reading
HD2		Change along the path
Terez AmatoHD-011AyeAyeAye
Luke EvslinHD-016AyeAyeAye
Andrew GarrettHD-022AyeAyeAye
Tina GrandinettiHD-020AyeAyeAye
Daisy HartsfieldHD-036AyeAyeAye
Linda IchiyamaHD-031AyeAyeAye
Kim IwamotoHD-025AyeAyeAye
Jeanne KapelaHD-005AyeAyeAye
Sue Keohokapu-Lee LoyHD-002AyeAyeAye
Darius KilaHD-044AyeAyeAye
Lisa KitagawaHD-048AyeAyeAye
Sam KongHD-033AyeAyeAye
Trish La ChicaHD-037AyeAyeAye
Mike LeeHD-050AyeAyeAye
Lisa MartenHD-051AyeAyeAye
Scot MatayoshiHD-049AyeAyeAye
Tyson MiyakeHD-010AyeAyeAye
Daynette MorikawaHD-017AyeAyeAye
Chris MuraokaHD-045AyeAyeAye
Nadine NakamuraHD-015AyeAyeAye
Ikaika OldsHD-023AyeAyeAye
Julie Reyes OdaHD-040AyeAyeAye
Kanani SouzaHD-043AyeAyeAye
Jenna TakenouchiHD-027AyeAyeAye
Chris ToddHD-003AyeAyeAye
Justin WoodsonHD-009AyeAyeAye

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. Pending introduction.

  2. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

  3. Referred to TOU, EEP, JHA, referral sheet 3

  4. Bill scheduled to be heard by TOU on Thursday, 02-05-26 9:30AM 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: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tam, Templo, Holt, Hussey, Ilagan, Yamashita, Gedeon; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

  6. Reported from TOU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 59-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to EEP.

  7. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on EEP with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Shimizu voting no (3) and none excused (0).

  8. Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Tuesday, 02-17-26 9:30AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  9. The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Perruso, Chun, Kahaloa, Kusch, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Quinlan.

  10. Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 451-26), recommending referral to JHA.

  11. Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Pierick, Shimizu voting no (4) and none excused (0).

  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: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Cochran, Kahaloa, Takayama; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Shimizu; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Garcia; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Hashem, Sayama.

  14. Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1134-26) 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) Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Pierick voting no (3) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.

  17. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 321).

  18. Passed First Reading.

  19. Referred to EDT/AEN, CPN/JDC.

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