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SCR55Introduced in the Senate

Supporting The Findings And Recommendations Of The Hawaii Water Safety Coalition's Hawaii Water Safety Plan.

Passed

Introduced by Glenn Wakai, District 15

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Official description

Supporting The Findings And Recommendations Of The Hawaii Water Safety Coalition's Hawaii Water Safety Plan.

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, Unamended · April 6, 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. Offered.

  2. Referred to HHS/PSM.

  3. Re-Referred to PSM.

  4. The committee(s) on PSM added the measure to the public hearing scheduled on 04-06-26 3:00PM; CR 016 & Videoconference.

  5. 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..

  6. Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3497) with recommendation of adoption.

  7. One Day Notice 04-09-26.

  8. Report and Resolution Adopted. Transmitted to House.

  9. Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 455).

  10. Referred to WAL, FIN, referral sheet 28

  11. Resolution scheduled to be heard by WAL on Thursday, 04-16-26 9:00AM in conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  12. 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.

  13. Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2185-26), recommending referral to FIN.

  14. Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Alcos, Cochran, Woodson excused (3).

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

  16. 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.

  17. Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2274-26), recommending adoption.

  18. Adopted with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

  19. Transmitted to Senate.

  20. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 848).

  21. Resolution adopted in final form.

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

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