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HB1158Introduced in the House

Relating To Firefighting At Commercial Harbors.

EngrossedSenate Judiciary

Introduced by Nadine Nakamura, District 15

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Limits civil liability of individuals who render firefighting services with a firefighting vessel at any of the State's commercial harbors or roadsteads, any commercial harbor or waterfront improvement belonging to or controlled by the State, or any vessel within a commercial harbor or roadstead to only damages resulting from an individual's gross negligence or wanton acts or omissions. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Where it stands

Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDC.

March 19, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

SenateStage: Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs: Passed, Unamended · March 12, 2026

4

Yes

0

No

1

Absent or Not Voting

5 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

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SenatorDistrictVote
Lorraine Inouye1Yes
Troy Hashimoto5Yes
Carol Fukunaga11Yes
Samantha DeCorte22Yes
Chris Lee25Absent

Bill history

  1. Pending introduction.

  2. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

  3. Referred to TRN, PBS, JHA, referral sheet 3

  4. Bill scheduled to be heard by TRN on Thursday, 01-30-25 10:00AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  5. The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Grandinetti, Evslin, Kitagawa, Miyake, Muraoka, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, La Chica.

  6. Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 108) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to PBS.

  7. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on PBS with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kong, Ward excused (3).

  8. Bill scheduled to be heard by PBS on Friday, 02-07-25 9:30AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  9. The committee on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Iwamoto, Lamosao, Morikawa, Poepoe, Woodson, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Hashem, Ichiyama.

  10. Reported from PBS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 457), recommending referral to JHA.

  11. Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Sayama, Ward excused (3).

  12. Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 02-20-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

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

  14. Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1081), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  15. Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

  16. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 339).

  17. Passed First Reading.

  18. Referred to TCA/PSM, JDC.

  19. Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

  20. Re-Referred to TRS/PSM, JDC.

  21. The committee(s) on TRS/PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-12-26 3:00PM; CR 229 & Videoconference.

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

  23. The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in PSM were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Fukunaga, Hashimoto, Inouye, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Lee, C..

  24. Reported from TRS/PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3102) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to JDC.

  25. Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDC.

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