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HB729HIEngrossed 2026 Regular Session

Relating To Marriage Of Minors.

Last status update Mar 4, 2025

What this measure contains

Raises the minimum age to enter into marriage from sixteen to eighteen years of age. Repeals the authority of parents and the family court to consent to a minor's marriage. Repeals spousal cohabitation after the parties attain legal age as an exception for an annulment based on nonage. Repeals exemptions for sexual assault of a minor if the perpetrator is married to the minor. Makes conforming amendments. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)

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Related measures

  • SB528— Same As
  • HB729— 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 HLT
  3. HD2by JHA

Companion measures: SB528, HB729. A companion follows its own path; its votes are not combined with this one.

Decision stages

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

    8 aye · 0 no · 1 excused

  2. House second reading on HD1: Passed

    47 aye · 1 aye with reservations · 1 no · 2 excused

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

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

  4. House third reading on HD2: Passed

    45 aye · 1 aye with reservations · 3 no · 2 excused

House members along the path

House members' votes at each stage of HB729
MemberHLT
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		JHA
HD1		Third reading
HD2		Change along the path
Diamond GarciaHD-042ExcusedAye*Aye*NoAye with reservations → No at House third reading (HD2)
Sam KongHD-033AyeNoAye → No at House third reading (HD2)
Chris MuraokaHD-045AyeNoAye → No at House third reading (HD2)
David AlcosHD-041AyeAyeAye*Added reservations at House third reading (HD2)
Terez AmatoHD-011AyeAyeAye
Della au BelattiHD-026AyeAyeAye
Cory ChunHD-035AyeAyeAye
Elle CochranHD-014ExcusedExcusedAye
Mark HashemHD-019AyeAyeAye
Kirstin KahaloaHD-006AyeAyeAye
Sue Keohokapu-Lee LoyHD-002AyeAyeAye
Lisa MartenHD-051AyeAyeAye
Ikaika OldsHD-023AyeAyeAye
Amy PerrusoHD-046AyeAyeAye
Elijah PierickHD-039NoExcused
Mahina PoepoeHD-013AyeAyeAye
Garner ShimizuHD-032AyeAyeAye
Gregg TakayamaHD-034AyeAyeAyeAye
Jenna TakenouchiHD-027AyeAyeAye
David TarnasHD-008AyeAyeAye
Chris ToddHD-003AyeAyeAye
Gene WardHD-018ExcusedExcused
29 more House members only counted as floor ayes
MemberHLT
Introduced		Second reading
HD1		JHA
HD1		Third reading
HD2		Change along the path
Luke EvslinHD-016AyeAye
Rachele Fernandez LamosaoSD-019AyeAye
Andrew GarrettHD-022AyeAye
Tina GrandinettiHD-020AyeAye
Daniel HoltHD-028AyeAye
Ikaika HusseyHD-029AyeAye
Linda IchiyamaHD-031AyeAye
Greggor IlaganHD-004AyeAye
Kim IwamotoHD-025AyeAye
Jeanne KapelaHD-005AyeAye
Darius KilaHD-044AyeAye
Lisa KitagawaHD-048AyeAye
Matthias KuschHD-001AyeAye
Trish La ChicaHD-037AyeAye
Mike LeeHD-050AyeAye
Nicole LowenHD-007AyeAye
Scot MatayoshiHD-049AyeAye
Lauren MatsumotoHD-038AyeAye
Tyson MiyakeHD-010AyeAye
Daynette MorikawaHD-017AyeAye
Nadine NakamuraHD-015AyeAye
Sean QuinlanHD-047AyeAye
Julie Reyes OdaHD-040AyeAye
Jackson SayamaHD-021AyeAye
Kanani SouzaHD-043AyeAye
Adrian TamHD-024AyeAye
Shirley Ann TemploHD-030AyeAye
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

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 HLT, JHA, referral sheet 2

  4. Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Wednesday, 02-05-25 9:30AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  5. The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Amato, Chun, Marten, Olds, Takenouchi, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Garcia.

  6. Reported from HLT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 325) 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) Garcia voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2).

  8. Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 02-19-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  9. The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Garcia; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.

  10. Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1054) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.

  11. Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-04-25.

  12. Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Alcos voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Kong, Muraoka voting no (3) and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

  13. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 274).

  14. Passed First Reading.

  15. Referred to HHS, JDC.

  16. Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

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