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HB2386HIEngrossed 2026 Regular Session

Relating To Water Carriers.

Last status update Mar 10, 2026

What this measure contains

Authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to establish automatic adjustment mechanisms by rules that include specified criteria. Grants Governor veto-authority over the rules. Authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to waive or exempt any water carrier from any requirement under the Hawaii Water Carrier Act. Repeals 7/1/2032. (SD2)

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  • SB2694— Same As

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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 TRN
  3. HD2by CPC
  4. SD1by CPN
  5. SD2by WAM

Companion measure: SB2694. A companion follows its own path; its votes are not combined with this one.

Decision stages

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

    6 aye · 1 aye with reservations · 0 no · 2 excused

  2. House second reading on HD1: Passed

    50 aye · 0 no · 0 excused

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

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

  4. House third reading on HD2: Passed

    35 aye · 5 aye with reservations · 10 no · 0 excused

  5. Transportation (TRS) on HD2: Passed, with amendments, reported as SD1

    3 aye · 1 aye with reservations · 0 no · 1 excused · Source roll call

  6. Commerce and Consumer Protection (CPN) on HD2: Passed, with amendments, reported as SD1

    4 aye · 1 aye with reservations · 0 no · 0 excused · Source roll call

  7. Ways and Means (WAM) on SD1: Passed, with amendments, reported as SD2

    12 aye · 1 aye with reservations · 0 no · 0 excused · Source roll call

  8. Senate third reading on SD2: Passed

    21 aye · 4 aye with reservations · 0 no · 0 excused

Senate members along the path

Senate members' votes at each stage of HB2386
MemberTRS
HD2		CPN
HD2		WAM
SD1		Third reading
SD2		Change along the path
Brenton AwaSD-023AyeAye
Lynn DecoiteSD-007Aye*Aye*
Samantha DeCorteSD-022AyeAye
Donovan CruzSD-017AyeAye
Brandon ElefanteSD-016Aye*AyeAyeDropped reservations at Ways and Means (WAM) (SD1)
Kurt FevellaSD-020AyeAye
Carol FukunagaSD-011AyeAye
Troy HashimotoSD-005AyeAye
Lorraine InouyeSD-001AyeAyeAye
Dru KanuhaSD-003AyeAyeAye
Jarrett KeohokaloleSD-024AyeAye
Michelle KidaniSD-018AyeAye
Donna KimSD-014AyeAye
Rachele Fernandez LamosaoSD-019AyeAye
Chris LeeSD-025ExcusedAyeAye
Angus McKelveySD-006Aye*Aye*
Sharon MoriwakiSD-012AyeAye
Tim RichardsSD-004AyeAye*Added reservations at Senate third reading (SD2)
Joy San BuenaventuraSD-002Aye*
Glenn WakaiSD-015AyeAye
5 more Senate members only counted as floor ayes
MemberTRS
HD2		CPN
HD2		WAM
SD1		Third reading
SD2		Change along the path
Stanley ChangSD-009Aye
Mike GabbardSD-021Aye
Les IharaSD-010Aye
Ronald KouchiSD-008Aye
Karl RhoadsSD-013Aye

House members along the path

House members' votes at each stage of HB2386
MemberTRN
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		CPC
HD1		Third reading
HD2		Change along the path
David AlcosHD-041AyeNoAye → No at House third reading (HD2)
Diamond GarciaHD-042AyeNoAye → No at House third reading (HD2)
Joe GedeonHD-018AyeNoAye → No at House third reading (HD2)
Kim IwamotoHD-025AyeNoNoAye → No at House CPC committee (HD1)
Jeanne KapelaHD-005AyeNoAye → No at House third reading (HD2)
Nicole LowenHD-007AyeAye*NoAdded reservations at House CPC committee (HD1)Aye with reservations → No at House third reading (HD2)
Lauren MatsumotoHD-038AyeNoAye → No at House third reading (HD2)
Elijah PierickHD-039ExcusedAyeExcusedNoAye → No at House third reading (HD2)
Garner ShimizuHD-032AyeNoAye → No at House third reading (HD2)
Adrian TamHD-024AyeAye*NoAdded reservations at House CPC committee (HD1)Aye with reservations → No at House third reading (HD2)
Cory ChunHD-035AyeAyeAye
Elle CochranHD-014Aye*AyeAye*Dropped reservations at House second reading (HD1)Added reservations at House third reading (HD2)
Luke EvslinHD-016AyeAyeAye
Tina GrandinettiHD-020ExcusedAyeAyeAye
Linda IchiyamaHD-031AyeAyeAye
Greggor IlaganHD-004AyeAye*Aye*Added reservations at House CPC committee (HD1)
Sue Keohokapu-Lee LoyHD-002AyeAye*Added reservations at House third reading (HD2)
Darius KilaHD-044AyeAyeAye
Lisa KitagawaHD-048AyeAyeAye
Sam KongHD-033AyeAye*AyeAdded reservations at House CPC committee (HD1)Dropped reservations at House third reading (HD2)
Trish La ChicaHD-037AyeAyeAye
Lisa MartenHD-051AyeAye*AyeAdded reservations at House CPC committee (HD1)Dropped reservations at House third reading (HD2)
Scot MatayoshiHD-049AyeAyeAye
Tyson MiyakeHD-010AyeAyeAye
Chris MuraokaHD-045AyeAyeAye
Mahina PoepoeHD-013AyeAye*Added reservations at House third reading (HD2)
Kanani SouzaHD-043AyeAye*Added reservations at House third reading (HD2)
23 more House members only counted as floor ayes
MemberTRN
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		CPC
HD1		Third reading
HD2		Change along the path
Terez AmatoHD-011AyeAye
Della au BelattiHD-026AyeAye
Andrew GarrettHD-022AyeAye
Daisy HartsfieldHD-036AyeAye
Mark HashemHD-019AyeAye
Ikaika HusseyHD-029AyeAye
Kirstin KahaloaHD-006AyeAye
Matthias KuschHD-001AyeAye
Mike LeeHD-050AyeAye
Daynette MorikawaHD-017AyeAye
Nadine NakamuraHD-015AyeAye
Ikaika OldsHD-023AyeAye
Amy PerrusoHD-046AyeAye
Sean QuinlanHD-047AyeAye
Julie Reyes OdaHD-040AyeAye
Jackson SayamaHD-021AyeAye
Gregg TakayamaHD-034AyeAye
Jenna TakenouchiHD-027AyeAye
David TarnasHD-008AyeAye
Shirley Ann TemploHD-030AyeAye
Chris ToddHD-003AyeAye
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

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Legislative history

  1. Pending introduction.

  2. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

  3. Referred to TRN, CPC, referral sheet 6

  4. Bill scheduled to be heard by TRN on Thursday, 02-12-26 8:30AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  5. The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Miyake, Evslin, Kitagawa, La Chica, Muraoka; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Cochran; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Grandinetti, Pierick.

  6. Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 432-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.

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

  8. Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Wednesday, 03-04-26 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  9. The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Grandinetti, Chun, Ichiyama; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Ilagan, Kong, Lowen, Marten, Tam; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Iwamoto; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Pierick.

  10. Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1056-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.

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

  12. Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Cochran, Ilagan, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Poepoe, Souza voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Gedeon, Iwamoto, Kapela, Lowen, Matsumoto, Pierick, Shimizu, Tam voting no (10) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.

  13. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 407).

  14. Passed First Reading.

  15. Referred to CPN/TRS, WAM.

  16. The committee(s) on CPN/TRS has scheduled a public hearing on 03-25-26 9:50AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  17. The committee(s) on TRS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in TRS were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Kanuha, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Elefante ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Lee, C..

  18. The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, Lamosao, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) McKelvey ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

  19. Reported from CPN/TRS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3372) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

  20. Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.

  21. The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-06-26 10:32AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  22. The committee(s) on WAM deferred the measure until 04-08-26 10:01AM; CR 211 & Videoconference.

  23. The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Richards, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) DeCoite ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

  24. Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3736) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

  25. 48 Hrs. Notice 04-14-26.

  26. Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) DeCoite, McKelvey, Richards, San Buenaventura. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

  27. Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 686) in amended form (SD 2).

  28. House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

  29. Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 780).

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