HB 2469 Hawaii House · 2026 Regular Session

RELATING TO A REGULAR SESSION REVIEW WORKING GROUP.

Summary

Establishes a Regular Session Review Working Group to develop a comprehensive plan and make recommendations to the Legislature on the adoption of an effective year-round legislative session calendar. Establishes a Technical Advisory Committee to advise the Regular Session Review Working Group. Requires reports to the Legislature. Requires report finalization and drafting assistance from the Legislative Reference Bureau. Dissolves the Working Group and Advisory Committee on 6/30/2028. Appropriates funds. Effective 10/18/3000. (SD1)

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2026

Committee Review

Mar 2026

House Passage

Mar 2026

Senate Passage

Mar 2026

Governor

Introduced Jan 27, 2026 Last action Mar 30, 2026

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HB2469_HD1 → HB2469_SD1 · 5 edits

MODERATE

The bill was revised to expand its scope from merely studying a lengthened legislative session to formally establishing a year-round legislature. It now creates a new Technical Advisory Committee to support the main Working Group and clarifies the composition of the Working Group to include party leaders. The timeline for reports was adjusted to include an interim report before the 2027 session, and funding was added for the new advisory committee.

Scope change

The bill's scope expanded from a study of extended sessions to the formal adoption of a year-round legislative framework, introducing a new advisory committee and changing the composition of the working group.

REQUIREMENT

A new Technical Advisory Committee was established to provide expert advice on issues like ethics, costs, and security to the main Working Group.

The composition of the Working Group changed from co-chairs and committee chairs to include the Senate and House leaders (majority and minority) and their designees.

TIMELINE

The Working Group must now submit an interim report for public comment before the 2027 session, in addition to the final report due before the 2028 session.

FISCAL

Funding was appropriated for a facilitator to support the new Technical Advisory Committee, separate from the funds for the main Working Group.

DEFINITION

The definition of a lengthened session was updated to explicitly include year-round calendars and clarify that it means significantly longer than the typical January-to-May session.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Full legislative history

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Committee

Mar 30, 2026

Upper · Passed

Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.

upper

Mar 30, 2026

Committee

Reported from GVO (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3341) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

upper

Mar 24, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on GVO recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in GVO were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) McKelvey, Gabbard, Hashimoto, Moriwaki; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa.

upper

Mar 12, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on GVO has scheduled a public hearing on 03-17-26 3:05PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 10, 2026

Committee

Referred to GVO, WAM.

upper

Mar 6, 2026

Introduced

Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 109).

upper

Mar 5, 2026

Lower · Passed

Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Pierick voting no (3) and Representative(s) Perruso excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.

lower

Feb 26, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

lower

Feb 20, 2026

Committee

Reported from LMG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 611-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

lower

Feb 18, 2026

Lower · Passed

The committee on LMG recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Quinlan, Ichiyama, Kahaloa, Morikawa, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

lower

Feb 2, 2026

Committee

Referred to LMG, FIN, referral sheet 6

lower

Jan 28, 2026

Introduced

Introduced and Pass First Reading.

lower

Jan 27, 2026

Introduced

Pending introduction.

lower

4 primary · 0 co-sponsors