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HCR19Introduced in the House

Designating The Month Of March As March4water Month In Hawaii.

Passed

Introduced by Mark Hashem, District 19

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Official description

Designating The Month Of March As March4water Month In Hawaii.

Where it stands

Resolution adopted in final form.

April 23, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

SenateStage: Senate Water, Land, and Agriculture: Passed, Unamended · April 17, 2026

3

Yes

0

No

2

Absent or Not Voting

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

See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
Lorraine Inouye1Absent
Stanley Chang9Absent
Rachele Fernandez Lamosao19Yes
Samantha DeCorte22Yes
Chris Lee25Yes

Bill history

  1. To be offered.

  2. Offered

  3. Referred to CAA, WAL, referral sheet 15

  4. Resolution scheduled to be heard by CAA on Wednesday, 03-25-26 10:00AM in conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  5. The committee on CAA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Kapela, Kong, Garrett, Sayama, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Lee, M..

  6. Reported from CAA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1576-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending referral to WAL.

  7. Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on WAL as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Nakamura, Perruso excused (2).

  8. Resolution scheduled to be heard by WAL on Tuesday, 04-07-26 10:00AM in conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  9. The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Morikawa, Belatti, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Poepoe, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Woodson.

  10. Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1842-26), recommending adoption.

  11. Adopted with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1).

  12. Transmitted to Senate.

  13. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 537).

  14. Referred to WLA.

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

  16. The committee(s) on WLA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. 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.

  17. Reported from WLA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3879) with recommendation of adoption.

  18. One Day Notice 04-23-26.

  19. Report and Resolution Adopted. Transmitted to House.

  20. Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 726).

  21. Resolution adopted in final form.

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