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HB322HIEngrossed 2026 Regular Session

Relating To Voter Registration.

Last status update Mar 10, 2026

What this measure contains

Authorizes state agencies to implement automatic voter registration if designated by the Office of Elections. Requires eligible applicants for instruction permits, provisional licenses, driver's licenses, and identification cards to be automatically registered or preregistered to vote unless the applicant opts out. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

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Bill text and versions

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  • HB322— Carry Over

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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 HSH
  3. HD2by FIN

Companion measure: HB322. A companion follows its own path; its votes are not combined with this one.

Decision stages

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

    7 aye · 2 no · 0 excused

  2. House second reading on HD1: Passed

    42 aye · 2 aye with reservations · 4 no · 3 excused

  3. House JHA committee on HD1: Passed, unamended

    9 aye · 1 no · 1 excused

  4. House report adoption on HD1: Report adopted

    40 aye · 2 aye with reservations · 5 no · 4 excused

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

    12 aye · 2 aye with reservations · 2 no · 0 excused

  6. House third reading on HD2: Passed

    40 aye · 2 aye with reservations · 7 no · 1 excused

House members along the path

House members' votes at each stage of HB322
MemberHSH
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		JHA
HD1		Report adoption
HD1		FIN
HD1		Third reading
HD2		Change along the path
Daisy HartsfieldHD-036Aye*NoAye with reservations → No at House third reading (HD2)
Lauren MatsumotoHD-038Aye*NoNoAye with reservations → No at House report adoption (HD1)
Garner ShimizuHD-032AyeAyeAye*NoAdded reservations at House report adoption (HD1)Aye with reservations → No at House third reading (HD2)
David AlcosHD-041NoNoNoNoNo
Terez AmatoHD-011AyeAyeAyeAye
Della au BelattiHD-026AyeAyeAyeAye
Cory ChunHD-035AyeAyeAyeAye
Elle CochranHD-014ExcusedExcusedExcusedAye
Diamond GarciaHD-042NoNoNoNoNo
Joe GedeonHD-018NoNo
Mark HashemHD-019AyeAyeAyeAye
Ikaika HusseyHD-029AyeAyeAyeAye
Kirstin KahaloaHD-006AyeAyeAyeAye
Sue Keohokapu-Lee LoyHD-002AyeAyeAyeAyeAye
Darius KilaHD-044AyeAyeAye*Added reservations at House third reading (HD2)
Lisa KitagawaHD-048AyeAyeAyeAye
Sam KongHD-033ExcusedAyeAye
Matthias KuschHD-001AyeAyeAyeAye
Mike LeeHD-050AyeAyeAyeAye
Lisa MartenHD-051AyeAyeAyeAye
Scot MatayoshiHD-049AyeExcusedAye
Tyson MiyakeHD-010AyeAyeAyeAye
Daynette MorikawaHD-017AyeAyeAyeAye
Chris MuraokaHD-045NoNoNo
Ikaika OldsHD-023AyeAyeAyeAye
Amy PerrusoHD-046AyeAyeAyeAyeAye
Elijah PierickHD-039NoNoExcused
Mahina PoepoeHD-013AyeAyeExcusedAye
Julie Reyes OdaHD-040Aye*Aye*Aye*Aye*
Gregg TakayamaHD-034AyeAyeAyeAyeAye
Jenna TakenouchiHD-027AyeAyeAyeAyeAye
David TarnasHD-008AyeAyeAyeAye
Shirley Ann TemploHD-030AyeAyeAyeAye
Chris ToddHD-003AyeAyeAyeAyeAye
Gene WardHD-018ExcusedExcused
Kyle YamashitaHD-012AyeAyeAyeAye
17 more House members only counted as floor ayes
MemberHSH
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		JHA
HD1		Report adoption
HD1		FIN
HD1		Third reading
HD2		Change along the path
Luke EvslinHD-016AyeAyeAye
Rachele Fernandez LamosaoSD-019AyeAye
Andrew GarrettHD-022AyeAyeAye
Tina GrandinettiHD-020AyeAyeAye
Daniel HoltHD-028AyeAye
Linda IchiyamaHD-031AyeAyeAye
Greggor IlaganHD-004AyeAyeAye
Kim IwamotoHD-025AyeAyeAye
Jeanne KapelaHD-005AyeAyeAye
Trish La ChicaHD-037AyeAyeAye
Nicole LowenHD-007AyeAyeAye
Nadine NakamuraHD-015AyeAyeAye
Sean QuinlanHD-047AyeAyeAye
Jackson SayamaHD-021AyeAyeAye
Kanani SouzaHD-043AyeAyeAye
Adrian TamHD-024AyeAyeAye
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 HSH, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 1

  4. Bill scheduled to be heard by HSH on Thursday, 01-30-25 9:35AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  5. The committee on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Marten, Olds, Amato, Chun, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Takayama, Takenouchi; Ayes with reservations: none; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia; and Excused: none.

  6. Reported from HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 63) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

  7. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with Representative(s) Matsumoto, Reyes Oda voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (4) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kong, Ward excused (3).

  8. Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 02-13-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

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

  10. Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 746), recommending referral to FIN.

  11. Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Reyes Oda, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (5) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4).

  12. Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

  13. Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 02-26-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  14. The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Hartsfield, Reyes Oda; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Alcos, Gedeon; and Excused: none.

  15. Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1075-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.

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

  17. Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Kila, Reyes Oda voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Gedeon, Hartsfield, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Shimizu voting no (7) and Representative(s) Pierick excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.

  18. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 227).

  19. Passed First Reading.

  20. Referred to GVO, JDC.

  21. The committee(s) on GVO has scheduled a public hearing on 03-17-26 3:05PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

  22. The committee(s) on GVO deferred the measure until 03-19-26 3:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

  23. The committee on GVO deferred the measure.

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