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SB608HIEngrossed 2026 Regular Session

Relating To Veterans Rights And Benefits.

Last status update Mar 10, 2026

What this measure contains

Regulates persons receiving compensation for providing advice or assistance regarding veterans benefits. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

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Related measures

  • HB652— Same As
  • SB608— 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. SD1by PSM
  3. SD2by JDC
  4. HD1by PBS

Companion measures: HB652, SB608. A companion follows its own path; its votes are not combined with this one.

Decision stages

  1. Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs (PSM) on the introduced draft: Passed, with amendments, reported as SD1

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

  2. Commerce and Consumer Protection (CPN) on SD1: Passed, with amendments, reported as SD2

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

  3. Judiciary (JDC) on SD1: Passed, with amendments, reported as SD2

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

  4. Senate third reading on SD2: Passed

    25 aye · 0 no · 0 excused

  5. House PBS committee on SD2: Passed, with amendments, reported as HD1

    9 aye · 0 no · 0 excused

  6. House second reading on HD1: Passed

    48 aye · 1 no · 1 excused

Senate members along the path

Senate members' votes at each stage of SB608
MemberPSM
Introduced		CPN
SD1		JDC
SD1		Third reading
SD2		Change along the path
Samantha DeCorteSD-022NoAyeNo → Aye at Senate third reading (SD2)
Brenton AwaSD-023AyeAyeAye
Stanley ChangSD-009AyeAye
Brandon ElefanteSD-016AyeAye
Carol FukunagaSD-011AyeAyeAye
Mike GabbardSD-021AyeAye
Jarrett KeohokaloleSD-024AyeAye
Rachele Fernandez LamosaoSD-019ExcusedAye
Angus McKelveySD-006ExcusedAye
Karl RhoadsSD-013AyeAyeAye
Joy San BuenaventuraSD-002Aye*AyeDropped reservations at Senate third reading (SD2)
Glenn WakaiSD-015AyeAye
13 more Senate members only counted as floor ayes
MemberPSM
Introduced		CPN
SD1		JDC
SD1		Third reading
SD2		Change along the path
Donovan CruzSD-017Aye
Lynn DecoiteSD-007Aye
Kurt FevellaSD-020Aye
Troy HashimotoSD-005Aye
Les IharaSD-010Aye
Lorraine InouyeSD-001Aye
Dru KanuhaSD-003Aye
Michelle KidaniSD-018Aye
Donna KimSD-014Aye
Ronald KouchiSD-008Aye
Chris LeeSD-025Aye
Sharon MoriwakiSD-012Aye
Tim RichardsSD-004Aye

House members along the path

House members' votes at each stage of SB608
MemberPBS
SD2		Second reading
HD1		Change along the path
Della au BelattiHD-026AyeAye
Mark HashemHD-019AyeAye
Linda IchiyamaHD-031AyeAye
Kim IwamotoHD-025AyeAye
Daynette MorikawaHD-017AyeAye
Elijah PierickHD-039No
Mahina PoepoeHD-013AyeAye
Sean QuinlanHD-047Excused
Garner ShimizuHD-032AyeAye
Kanani SouzaHD-043AyeAye
Justin WoodsonHD-009AyeAye
39 more House members only counted as floor ayes
MemberPBS
SD2		Second reading
HD1		Change along the path
David AlcosHD-041Aye
Terez AmatoHD-011Aye
Cory ChunHD-035Aye
Elle CochranHD-014Aye
Luke EvslinHD-016Aye
Diamond GarciaHD-042Aye
Andrew GarrettHD-022Aye
Joe GedeonHD-018Aye
Tina GrandinettiHD-020Aye
Daisy HartsfieldHD-036Aye
Ikaika HusseyHD-029Aye
Greggor IlaganHD-004Aye
Kirstin KahaloaHD-006Aye
Jeanne KapelaHD-005Aye
Sue Keohokapu-Lee LoyHD-002Aye
Darius KilaHD-044Aye
Lisa KitagawaHD-048Aye
Sam KongHD-033Aye
Matthias KuschHD-001Aye
Trish La ChicaHD-037Aye
Mike LeeHD-050Aye
Nicole LowenHD-007Aye
Lisa MartenHD-051Aye
Scot MatayoshiHD-049Aye
Lauren MatsumotoHD-038Aye
Tyson MiyakeHD-010Aye
Chris MuraokaHD-045Aye
Nadine NakamuraHD-015Aye
Ikaika OldsHD-023Aye
Amy PerrusoHD-046Aye
Julie Reyes OdaHD-040Aye
Jackson SayamaHD-021Aye
Gregg TakayamaHD-034Aye
Jenna TakenouchiHD-027Aye
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. Introduced.

  2. Passed First Reading.

  3. Referred to PSM, CPN/JDC.

  4. The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 01-29-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

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

  6. Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 83) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN/JDC.

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

  8. Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

  9. The committee(s) on CPN/JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-26-26 9:30AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  10. The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in CPN were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Lamosao, McKelvey.

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

  12. Reported from CPN/JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2925) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

  13. 48 Hrs. Notice 03-10-26.

  14. Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

  15. Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 138) in amended form (SD 2).

  16. Pass First Reading

  17. Referred to PBS, CPC, JHA, referral sheet 17

  18. Bill scheduled to be heard by PBS on Wednesday, 03-18-26 9:30AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  19. 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, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

  20. Reported from PBS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1265-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.

  21. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1).

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