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SB1197HIEngrossed 2026 Regular Session

Relating To Aircraft.

Last status update Feb 28, 2025

What this measure contains

Requires the Director of Transportation to adopt rules that require tour aircraft operators to carry aircraft liability insurance coverage. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

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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. SD1by TCA

Companion measure: SB1197. A companion follows its own path; its votes are not combined with this one.

Decision stages

  1. Transportation and Culture and the Arts (TCA) on the introduced draft: Passed, with amendments, reported as SD1

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

  2. Commerce and Consumer Protection (CPN) on SD1: Passed, unamended

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

  3. Senate third reading on SD1: Passed

    18 aye · 3 aye with reservations · 2 no · 2 excused

Senate members along the path

Senate members' votes at each stage of SB1197
MemberTCA
Introduced		CPN
SD1		Third reading
SD1		Change along the path
Brenton AwaSD-023AyeAye
Lynn DecoiteSD-007Aye*
Samantha DeCorteSD-022AyeAye
Brandon ElefanteSD-016Aye*Aye*
Carol FukunagaSD-011AyeExcused
Lorraine InouyeSD-001NoNo
Dru KanuhaSD-003AyeAye
Jarrett KeohokaloleSD-024AyeAye
Michelle KidaniSD-018Excused
Chris LeeSD-025AyeAye
Angus McKelveySD-006AyeAye*Added reservations at Senate third reading (SD1)
Tim RichardsSD-004ExcusedNo
13 more Senate members only counted as floor ayes
MemberTCA
Introduced		CPN
SD1		Third reading
SD1		Change along the path
Henry AquinoSD-019Aye
Stanley ChangSD-009Aye
Donovan CruzSD-017Aye
Kurt FevellaSD-020Aye
Mike GabbardSD-021Aye
Troy HashimotoSD-005Aye
Les IharaSD-010Aye
Donna KimSD-014Aye
Ronald KouchiSD-008Aye
Sharon MoriwakiSD-012Aye
Karl RhoadsSD-013Aye
Joy San BuenaventuraSD-002Aye
Glenn WakaiSD-015Aye

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. Introduced.

  2. Passed First Reading.

  3. Referred to TCA, CPN.

  4. The committee(s) on TCA has scheduled a public hearing on 02-11-25 3:01PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

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

  6. Reported from TCA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 488) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN.

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

  8. The committee(s) on CPN will hold a public decision making on 02-19-25 9:35AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  9. The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in CPN were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, McKelvey, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Richards.

  10. Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 790) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.

  11. One Day Notice 02-28-25.

  12. Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 21; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) DeCoite, Elefante, McKelvey. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Inouye, Richards). Excused, 2 (Senator(s) Fukunaga, Kidani). Transmitted to House.

  13. Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 51) in amended form (SD 1).

  14. Pass First Reading

  15. Referred to TRN, CPC, referral sheet 18

  16. Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

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