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SB2851HIPassed 2026 Regular Session

Relating To Deaf Individuals.

Last status update Jul 15, 2026

What this measure contains

Authorizes deaf motor vehicle owners to register their vehicle as being owned by a deaf individual so that a deafness designation appears when a law enforcement officer accesses the motor vehicle's information. Effective 1/1/2027. (CD1)

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Related measures

  • HB1993— Same As

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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 HHS
  3. HD1by TRN
  4. HD2by JHA
  5. CD1by Conference

Companion measure: HB1993. A companion follows its own path; its votes are not combined with this one.

Decision stages

  1. Transportation (TRS) on the introduced draft: Passed, with amendments, reported as SD1

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

  2. Health and Human Services (HHS) on the introduced draft: Passed, with amendments, reported as SD1

    5 aye · 0 no · 0 excused · Source roll call

  3. Judiciary (JDC) on SD1: Passed, unamended

    5 aye · 0 no · 0 excused · Source roll call

  4. Senate third reading on SD1: Passed

    25 aye · 0 no · 0 excused

  5. House TRN committee on SD1: Passed, with amendments, reported as HD1

    8 aye · 0 no · 1 excused

  6. House second reading on HD1: Passed

    48 aye · 0 no · 2 excused

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

    8 aye · 0 no · 2 excused

  8. House third reading on HD2: Passed

    51 aye · 0 no · 0 excused

  9. Senate conference managers on HD2: Passed, with amendments, reported as CD1

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

  10. House conference managers on HD2: Passed, with amendments, reported as CD1

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

  11. Senate final reading on CD1: Passed

    24 aye · 0 no · 1 excused

  12. House final reading on CD1: Passed

    51 aye · 0 no · 0 excused

Senate members along the path

Senate members' votes at each stage of SB2851
MemberTRS
Introduced		HHS
Introduced		JDC
SD1		Third reading
SD1		Conference
HD2		Final reading
CD1		Change along the path
Brenton AwaSD-023AyeAyeAye
Stanley ChangSD-009AyeAyeAye
Samantha DeCorteSD-022ExcusedAyeAyeAye
Brandon ElefanteSD-016AyeAyeAye
Kurt FevellaSD-020AyeAyeAye
Carol FukunagaSD-011AyeExcused
Mike GabbardSD-021AyeAyeAye
Lorraine InouyeSD-001AyeAyeAyeAye
Dru KanuhaSD-003AyeAyeAyeAye
Jarrett KeohokaloleSD-024AyeAyeAye
Chris LeeSD-025ExcusedAyeAye
Angus McKelveySD-006AyeAyeAyeAye
Karl RhoadsSD-013AyeAyeAyeAye
Joy San BuenaventuraSD-002AyeAyeAyeAye
11 more Senate members only counted as floor ayes
MemberTRS
Introduced		HHS
Introduced		JDC
SD1		Third reading
SD1		Conference
HD2		Final reading
CD1		Change along the path
Donovan CruzSD-017AyeAye
Lynn DecoiteSD-007AyeAye
Rachele Fernandez LamosaoSD-019AyeAye
Troy HashimotoSD-005AyeAye
Les IharaSD-010AyeAye
Michelle KidaniSD-018AyeAye
Donna KimSD-014AyeAye
Ronald KouchiSD-008AyeAye
Sharon MoriwakiSD-012AyeAye
Tim RichardsSD-004AyeAye
Glenn WakaiSD-015AyeAye

House members along the path

House members' votes at each stage of SB2851
MemberTRN
SD1		Second reading
HD1		JHA
HD1		Third reading
HD2		Conference
HD2		Final reading
CD1		Change along the path
Della au BelattiHD-026AyeExcusedAyeAye
Elle CochranHD-014AyeAyeAyeAyeAye
Luke EvslinHD-016AyeAyeAyeAye
Diamond GarciaHD-042AyeAyeAyeAye
Andrew GarrettHD-022ExcusedAyeAye
Tina GrandinettiHD-020AyeAyeAyeAye
Mark HashemHD-019AyeAyeAyeAye
Kirstin KahaloaHD-006AyeAyeAyeAye
Darius KilaHD-044AyeAyeAyeAyeAye
Lisa KitagawaHD-048ExcusedAyeAyeAye
Trish La ChicaHD-037AyeAyeAyeAye
Tyson MiyakeHD-010AyeAyeAyeAye
Chris MuraokaHD-045AyeAyeAyeExcusedAye
Elijah PierickHD-039AyeAyeAyeAye
Mahina PoepoeHD-013AyeAyeAyeAyeAye
Sean QuinlanHD-047ExcusedAyeAye
Jackson SayamaHD-021AyeExcusedAyeAye
Garner ShimizuHD-032AyeAyeAyeAye
Gregg TakayamaHD-034AyeAyeAyeAye
David TarnasHD-008AyeAyeAyeAye
31 more House members only counted as floor ayes
MemberTRN
SD1		Second reading
HD1		JHA
HD1		Third reading
HD2		Conference
HD2		Final reading
CD1		Change along the path
David AlcosHD-041AyeAyeAye
Terez AmatoHD-011AyeAyeAye
Cory ChunHD-035AyeAyeAye
Joe GedeonHD-018AyeAyeAye
Daisy HartsfieldHD-036AyeAyeAye
Ikaika HusseyHD-029AyeAyeAye
Linda IchiyamaHD-031AyeAyeAye
Greggor IlaganHD-004AyeAyeAye
Kim IwamotoHD-025AyeAyeAye
Jeanne KapelaHD-005AyeAyeAye
Sue Keohokapu-Lee LoyHD-002AyeAyeAye
Sam KongHD-033AyeAyeAye
Matthias KuschHD-001AyeAyeAye
Mike LeeHD-050AyeAyeAye
Nicole LowenHD-007AyeAyeAye
Lisa MartenHD-051AyeAyeAye
Scot MatayoshiHD-049AyeAyeAye
Lauren MatsumotoHD-038AyeAyeAye
Daynette MorikawaHD-017AyeAyeAye
Nadine NakamuraHD-015AyeAyeAye
Ikaika OldsHD-023AyeAyeAye
Amy PerrusoHD-046AyeAyeAye
Michael RatcliffeHD-028AyeAye
Julie Reyes OdaHD-040AyeAyeAye
Kanani SouzaHD-043AyeAyeAye
Jenna TakenouchiHD-027AyeAyeAye
Adrian TamHD-024AyeAyeAye
Shirley Ann TemploHD-030AyeAyeAye
Chris ToddHD-003AyeAyeAye
Justin WoodsonHD-009AyeAyeAye
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. Introduced.

  2. Passed First Reading.

  3. Referred to TRS/HHS, JDC.

  4. The committee(s) on TRS/HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 02-11-26 1:15PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

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

  6. The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, McKelvey, Kanuha, Keohokalole, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

  7. Reported from TRS/HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2261) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.

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

  9. The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-03-26 10:15AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

  10. The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

  11. Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2992) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.

  12. One Day Notice 03-10-26.

  13. Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

  14. Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 309) in amended form (SD 1).

  15. Pass First Reading

  16. Referred to TRN, JHA, referral sheet 17

  17. Bill scheduled to be heard by TRN on Thursday, 03-19-26 8:30AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  18. The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Miyake, Evslin, Grandinetti, La Chica, Cochran, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kitagawa.

  19. Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1334-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

  20. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Garrett, Quinlan excused (2).

  21. Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 03-31-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  22. The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Hashem, Kahaloa, Takayama, Cochran, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Sayama.

  23. Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1825-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.

  24. Forty-eight (48) hours notice Friday, 04-10-26.

  25. Deferred one day 04-14-26.

  26. Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.

  27. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 707).

  28. Senate disagrees with House amendments.

  29. Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 710).

  30. Senate Conferees Appointed: Inouye Chair; McKelvey, Rhoads Co-Chairs; DeCorte.

  31. Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 718).

  32. House Conferees Appointed: Kila, Poepoe Co-Chairs; Muraoka.

  33. Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 811).

  34. Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-24-26 9:30AM; CR 329.

  35. The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, McKelvey, Rhoads, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

  36. The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 2 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Poepoe; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Muraoka.

  37. Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 13-26).

  38. 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-26.

  39. Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 13-26) as amended in (CD 1).

  40. Forty-eight (48) hours notice Friday, 05-01-26.

  41. Deferred one day 05-06-26.

  42. Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Fukunaga).

  43. Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 814).

  44. Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

  45. Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888).

  46. Enrolled to Governor.

  47. Act 261, 07/15/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1364).

  48. Act 261, on 07/15/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1364).

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