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HCR179HIPassed 2026 Regular Session

Urging The aha Moku Advisory Committee To Follow Its Adopted Rules Of Practice, Fulfill Its Statutory Duties, Establish Policies To Assure Consistent Standards Of Administrative And Managerial Accountability; And Convening A Working Group To Make Recommendations.

Last status update Apr 27, 2026

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Urging The aha Moku Advisory Committee To Follow Its Adopted Rules Of Practice, Fulfill Its Statutory Duties, Establish Policies To Assure Consistent Standards Of Administrative And Managerial Accountability; And Convening A Working Group To Make Recommendations.

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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 JHA
  3. SD1by WLA

Companion measure: HR169. A companion follows its own path; its votes are not combined with this one.

Decision stages

  1. House WAL committee on the introduced draft: Passed, unamended

    9 aye · 0 no · 0 excused

  2. House report adoption on the introduced draft: Report adopted

    50 aye · 0 no · 0 excused

  3. House JHA committee on the introduced draft: Passed, with amendments, reported as HD1

    8 aye · 0 no · 2 excused

  4. House floor on HD1: Passed

    49 aye · 0 no · 1 excused

  5. Water, Land, and Agriculture (WLA) on HD1: Passed, with amendments, reported as SD1

    3 aye · 0 no · 2 excused · Source roll call

  6. House floor on SD1: Passed

    48 aye · 0 no · 3 excused

Senate members along the path

Senate members' votes at each stage of HCR179
MemberWLA
HD1		Change along the path
Stanley ChangSD-009Excused
Samantha DeCorteSD-022Aye
Lorraine InouyeSD-001Excused
Rachele Fernandez LamosaoSD-019Aye
Chris LeeSD-025Aye

House members along the path

House members' votes at each stage of HCR179
MemberWAL
Introduced		Report adoption
Introduced		JHA
Introduced		Floor
HD1		Floor
SD1		Change along the path
Della au BelattiHD-026AyeAyeAyeAyeAye
Elle CochranHD-014AyeExcusedExcusedAye
Diamond GarciaHD-042AyeAyeAyeAye
Mark HashemHD-019AyeAyeAyeAyeAye
Ikaika HusseyHD-029AyeAyeExcused
Linda IchiyamaHD-031AyeAyeAyeAye
Kim IwamotoHD-025AyeAyeAyeAye
Kirstin KahaloaHD-006AyeAyeAyeAye
Sam KongHD-033AyeAyeExcused
Daynette MorikawaHD-017AyeAyeAyeAye
Mahina PoepoeHD-013AyeAyeAyeAyeAye
Sean QuinlanHD-047AyeAyeExcused
Jackson SayamaHD-021AyeExcusedAyeAye
Garner ShimizuHD-032AyeAyeAyeAyeAye
Kanani SouzaHD-043AyeAyeAyeAye
Gregg TakayamaHD-034AyeAyeAyeAye
David TarnasHD-008AyeAyeAyeAye
Justin WoodsonHD-009AyeAyeAyeAye
33 more House members only counted as floor ayes
MemberWAL
Introduced		Report adoption
Introduced		JHA
Introduced		Floor
HD1		Floor
SD1		Change along the path
David AlcosHD-041AyeAyeAye
Terez AmatoHD-011AyeAyeAye
Cory ChunHD-035AyeAyeAye
Luke EvslinHD-016AyeAyeAye
Andrew GarrettHD-022AyeAyeAye
Joe GedeonHD-018AyeAyeAye
Tina GrandinettiHD-020AyeAyeAye
Daisy HartsfieldHD-036AyeAyeAye
Greggor IlaganHD-004AyeAyeAye
Jeanne KapelaHD-005AyeAyeAye
Sue Keohokapu-Lee LoyHD-002AyeAyeAye
Darius KilaHD-044AyeAyeAye
Lisa KitagawaHD-048AyeAyeAye
Matthias KuschHD-001AyeAyeAye
Trish La ChicaHD-037AyeAyeAye
Mike LeeHD-050AyeAyeAye
Nicole LowenHD-007AyeAyeAye
Lisa MartenHD-051AyeAyeAye
Scot MatayoshiHD-049AyeAyeAye
Lauren MatsumotoHD-038AyeAyeAye
Tyson MiyakeHD-010AyeAyeAye
Chris MuraokaHD-045AyeAyeAye
Nadine NakamuraHD-015AyeAyeAye
Ikaika OldsHD-023AyeAyeAye
Amy PerrusoHD-046AyeAyeAye
Elijah PierickHD-039AyeAyeAye
Michael RatcliffeHD-028Aye
Julie Reyes OdaHD-040AyeAyeAye
Jenna TakenouchiHD-027AyeAyeAye
Adrian TamHD-024AyeAyeAye
Shirley Ann TemploHD-030AyeAyeAye
Chris ToddHD-003AyeAyeAye
Kyle YamashitaHD-012AyeAyeAye

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. Offered

  2. Referred to WAL, JHA, referral sheet 19

  3. Resolution scheduled to be heard by WAL on Tuesday, 03-31-26 10:00AM in conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

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

  5. Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1751-26), recommending referral to JHA.

  6. Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

  7. Resolution scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 04-07-26 2:00PM in conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  8. The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Takayama, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Sayama, Cochran.

  9. Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1896-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending adoption.

  10. Adopted as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1).

  11. Transmitted to Senate.

  12. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 584).

  13. Referred to WLA, WAM.

  14. The committee(s) on WLA has scheduled a public hearing on 04-17-26 1:15PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

  15. The committee(s) on WLA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WLA were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Lamosao, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Inouye, Chang.

  16. Re-Referred to WLA.

  17. Reported from WLA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3927) with recommendation of adoption, as amended (SD 1).

  18. One Day Notice 04-27-26.

  19. Report and Resolution Adopted, as amended (SD 1). Transmitted to House.

  20. Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 774) in amended form (SD 1).

  21. One (1) day notice, Friday, 05-08-26.

  22. House agrees to Senate amendment(s).

  23. Adopted as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Hussey, Kong, Quinlan excused (3).

  24. Resolution adopted in final form.

  25. Received notice of Adoption in House (Hse. Com. No. 891).

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