Relating To Student-athlete Compensation.
Last status update Mar 5, 2026
What this measure contains
Affirms student-athletes' rights to engage in name, image, and likeness activities for compensation. Requires the University of Hawaii to adopt policies governing institutional name, image, and likeness agreements and other aspects of name, image, and likeness activity consistent with federal law, rules by an intercollegiate athletics governing body such as the National Collegiate Athletic Association, and Title IX. Establishes certain transparency and accountability requirements in the administration of institutional name, image, and likeness activities. Provides protections and educational support for student-athletes who enter into name, image, and likeness agreements. Appropriates funds. Sunsets 6/30/2030. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
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- Introduced · Official document ↗· Jan 27, 2026
- Amended · Official document ↗· Feb 11, 2026
- Amended · Official document ↗· Feb 20, 2026
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.
- Introduced
- HD1by HED
- HD2by JHA
Decision stages
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House HED committee on the introduced draft: Passed, with amendments, reported as HD1
7 aye · 0 no · 3 excused
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House second reading on HD1: Passed
50 aye · 1 aye with reservations · 0 no · 0 excused
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House CPC committee on HD1: Passed, with amendments, reported as HD2
5 aye · 1 no · 5 excused
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House JHA committee on HD1: Passed, with amendments, reported as HD2
7 aye · 2 aye with reservations · 0 no · 1 excused
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House report adoption on HD2: Report adopted
46 aye · 2 aye with reservations · 1 no · 1 excused
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House FIN committee on HD2: Passed, unamended
16 aye · 0 no · 0 excused
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House third reading on HD2: Passed
45 aye · 1 aye with reservations · 3 no · 1 excused
House members along the path
| Member | HED Introduced | Second reading HD1 | CPC HD1 | JHA HD1 | Report adoption HD2 | FIN HD2 | Third reading HD2 | Change along the path |
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| Diamond GarciaHD-042 | Aye* | Aye* | Aye* | No | Aye with reservations → No at House third reading (HD2) | |||
| Kim IwamotoHD-025 | Aye | No | Aye | No | Aye → No at House CPC committee (HD1)No → Aye at House report adoption (HD2)Aye → No at House third reading (HD2) | |||
| Elijah PierickHD-039 | Aye | Excused | No | No | Aye → No at House report adoption (HD2) | |||
| David AlcosHD-041 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Terez AmatoHD-011 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Della au BelattiHD-026 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Cory ChunHD-035 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Elle CochranHD-014 | Aye | Aye* | Aye* | Aye* | Added reservations at House JHA committee (HD1) | |||
| Luke EvslinHD-016 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Andrew GarrettHD-022 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Joe GedeonHD-018 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Tina GrandinettiHD-020 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Daisy HartsfieldHD-036 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Mark HashemHD-019 | Aye | Excused | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Ikaika HusseyHD-029 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Linda IchiyamaHD-031 | Aye | Excused | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Greggor IlaganHD-004 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Kirstin KahaloaHD-006 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Jeanne KapelaHD-005 | Excused | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Sue Keohokapu-Lee LoyHD-002 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Darius KilaHD-044 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Lisa KitagawaHD-048 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Sam KongHD-033 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Matthias KuschHD-001 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Trish La ChicaHD-037 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Mike LeeHD-050 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Nicole LowenHD-007 | Aye | Excused | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Lisa MartenHD-051 | Aye | Excused | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Scot MatayoshiHD-049 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Tyson MiyakeHD-010 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Daynette MorikawaHD-017 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Chris MuraokaHD-045 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Ikaika OldsHD-023 | Excused | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Amy PerrusoHD-046 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Excused | ||||
| Mahina PoepoeHD-013 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Sean QuinlanHD-047 | Aye | Excused | Aye | |||||
| Julie Reyes OdaHD-040 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Jackson SayamaHD-021 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Garner ShimizuHD-032 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Kanani SouzaHD-043 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Gregg TakayamaHD-034 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Jenna TakenouchiHD-027 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Adrian TamHD-024 | Aye | Excused | Aye | Aye | ||||
| David TarnasHD-008 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Shirley Ann TemploHD-030 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Chris ToddHD-003 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Justin WoodsonHD-009 | Excused | Aye | Aye | Aye | ||||
| Kyle YamashitaHD-012 | Aye | Aye | Aye | Aye |
3 more House members only counted as floor ayes
| Member | HED Introduced | Second reading HD1 | CPC HD1 | JHA HD1 | Report adoption HD2 | FIN HD2 | Third reading HD2 | Change along the path |
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| Daniel HoltHD-028 | Aye | |||||||
| Lauren MatsumotoHD-038 | Aye | Aye | Aye | |||||
| Nadine NakamuraHD-015 | Aye | Aye | Aye |
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
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Pending introduction.
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Introduced and Pass First Reading.
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Referred to HED, CPC/JHA, FIN, referral sheet 6
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Bill scheduled to be heard by HED on Wednesday, 02-11-26 2:30PM in University of Hawaii at Manoa, Bachman Hall, Board of Regents Conference Room 106, 2444 Dole Street VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
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The committee on HED recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Garrett, Amato, Evslin, Kila, La Chica, Muraoka, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Kapela, Olds, Woodson.
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Reported from HED (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 250-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC/JHA.
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Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC/JHA with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
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Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC/JHA on Thursday, 02-19-26 2:01PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
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The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Grandinetti, Chun, Ilagan, Kong; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Iwamoto; and 5 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama, Lowen, Marten, Tam, Pierick.
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The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Kahaloa, Sayama, Takayama, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Cochran, Garcia; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Hashem.
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Reported from CPC/JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 761-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
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Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Cochran, Garcia voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1).
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Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 02-25-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
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The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
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Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 814-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.
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Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Cochran voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Iwamoto, Pierick voting no (3) and Representative(s) Perruso excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.
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Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 103).
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Passed First Reading.
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Referred to EDU, WAM/CPN.