HB 194 Hawaii House · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO MARITIME DAY.

HB 194 designates May 22 of each year as "Maritime Day" for the state. It directly affects the state's official calendar and public observance of maritime history. The bill creates a permanent annual designation with an effective date of July 1, 3000, but has no substantive policy changes beyond this commemorative recognition. As a procedural resolution, it does not impose new requirements or alter existing laws.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 14, 2025 Last action Mar 6, 2025

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What changed between versions

HB194 → HB194_HD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was reformatted from a standard legislative document to a metadata-rich format with additional tracking information, while substantive policy content remained largely intact. The most significant change is the effective date modification from 'upon approval' to 'July 1, 3000', which appears to be a placeholder or error rather than an intentional policy change.

Scope change

No substantive scope change; the bill's purpose and provisions remain the same

TIMELINE

Effective date changed from 'upon approval' to 'July 1, 3000', likely a placeholder or clerical error

TECHNICAL

Added metadata headers including bill tracking numbers, timestamps, and document version information

Changed document title from 'HB194' to 'HB194 HD1' indicating House Committee version

Added summary description field with specific date designation 'May 22 of each year'

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 6, 2025

Committee

Referred to TCA.

upper

Mar 6, 2025

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 197).

upper

Mar 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia voting no (1) and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Feb 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Garcia; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Todd.

lower

Feb 10, 2025

Committee

Reported from CAA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 296) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

lower

Feb 5, 2025

Lower · Passed

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

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Committee

Referred to CAA, JHA, referral sheet 1

lower

Jan 16, 2025

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 14, 2025

Introduced

Prefiled.

lower

3 primary · 0 co-sponsors