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HB676HIIntroduced 2026 Regular Session

Relating To Youth And Adult Correctional Facilities.

Last status update Jan 21, 2025

What this measure contains

Requires the State's youth and adult correctional facilities to provide free and accessible voice communication services for incarcerated persons in state correctional facilities. Prohibits any state agency from deriving revenue or financial benefit from the provision of communication services to persons confined in state correctional facilities. Requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish service quality standards and rules for the free voice communication services. Requires a report to the Legislature. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

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Bill text and versions

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Related measures

  • SB782— Same As
  • HB676— Carry Over

Related measures may contain different language or follow different histories.

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

Companion measures: SB782, HB676. A companion follows its own path; its votes are not combined with this one.

Decision stages

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

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

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

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

  3. House second reading on HD1: Passed

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

House members along the path

House members' votes at each stage of HB676
MemberPBS
Introduced		HSH
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		Change along the path
David AlcosHD-041Aye*Aye*
Terez AmatoHD-011ExcusedAye
Della au BelattiHD-026AyeAye
Diamond GarciaHD-042Aye*Aye*
Daisy HartsfieldHD-036AyeAye
Mark HashemHD-019AyeAye
Linda IchiyamaHD-031AyeAye
Kim IwamotoHD-025AyeAye
Sue Keohokapu-Lee LoyHD-002AyeAye
Lisa MartenHD-051AyeAye
Daynette MorikawaHD-017AyeAye
Ikaika OldsHD-023AyeAye
Mahina PoepoeHD-013AyeAye
Garner ShimizuHD-032Aye*AyeDropped reservations at House second reading (HD1)
Kanani SouzaHD-043AyeAye
Gregg TakayamaHD-034AyeAye
Jenna TakenouchiHD-027AyeAye
Justin WoodsonHD-009AyeAye
33 more House members only counted as floor ayes
MemberPBS
Introduced		HSH
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		Change along the path
Cory ChunHD-035Aye
Elle CochranHD-014Aye
Luke EvslinHD-016Aye
Andrew GarrettHD-022Aye
Joe GedeonHD-018Aye
Tina GrandinettiHD-020Aye
Daniel HoltHD-028Aye
Ikaika HusseyHD-029Aye
Greggor IlaganHD-004Aye
Kirstin KahaloaHD-006Aye
Jeanne KapelaHD-005Aye
Darius KilaHD-044Aye
Lisa KitagawaHD-048Aye
Sam KongHD-033Aye
Matthias KuschHD-001Aye
Trish La ChicaHD-037Aye
Mike LeeHD-050Aye
Nicole LowenHD-007Aye
Scot MatayoshiHD-049Aye
Lauren MatsumotoHD-038Aye
Tyson MiyakeHD-010Aye
Chris MuraokaHD-045Aye
Nadine NakamuraHD-015Aye
Amy PerrusoHD-046Aye
Elijah PierickHD-039Aye
Sean QuinlanHD-047Aye
Julie Reyes OdaHD-040Aye
Jackson SayamaHD-021Aye
Adrian TamHD-024Aye
David TarnasHD-008Aye
Shirley Ann TemploHD-030Aye
Chris ToddHD-003Aye
Kyle YamashitaHD-012Aye

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 PBS/HSH, CPC, FIN, referral sheet 2

  4. Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

  5. Bill scheduled to be heard by PBS/HSH on Friday, 02-06-26 10:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

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

  7. The committee on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Marten, Olds, Hartsfield, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Takayama, Takenouchi; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Amato.

  8. Reported from PBS/HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 227-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.

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

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