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SCR28Introduced in the Senate

Requesting The Department Of Defense To Convene A Working Group To Develop Recommendations For A State Of Hawaii Commemorative Vietnam Veterans Medal.

Passed

Introduced by Carol Fukunaga, District 11

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Official description

Requesting The Department Of Defense To Convene A Working Group To Develop Recommendations For A State Of Hawaii Commemorative Vietnam Veterans Medal.

Where it stands

Certified copies of resolutions sent, 05-12-26.

May 12, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

SenateStage: Senate Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs: Passed, With Amendments · April 1, 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.

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SenatorDistrictVote
Lorraine Inouye1Absent
Troy Hashimoto5Yes
Carol Fukunaga11Yes
Samantha DeCorte22Absent
Chris Lee25Yes

Bill history

  1. Offered.

  2. Referred to PSM.

  3. The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 04-01-26 3:02PM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

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

  5. Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3411) with recommendation of adoption, as amended (SD 1).

  6. One Day Notice 04-07-26.

  7. Report and Resolution Adopted, as amended (SD 1). Transmitted to House.

  8. Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 412) in amended form (SD 1).

  9. Referred to PBS, FIN, referral sheet 27

  10. Resolution scheduled to be heard by PBS on Wednesday, 04-15-26 10:30AM in conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

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

  12. Reported from PBS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2170-26), recommending referral to FIN.

  13. Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Amato excused (1).

  14. Scheduled for decision making on Thursday, 04-23-26 10:00AM in conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  15. The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Ratcliffe, Templo, Yamashita, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Morikawa, Perruso, Alcos.

  16. Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2271-26), recommending adoption.

  17. Adopted with Representative(s) Iwamoto voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

  18. Transmitted to Senate.

  19. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 844).

  20. Resolution adopted in final form.

  21. Certified copies of resolutions sent, 05-12-26.

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