HawaiiSB 31312025–2026 Regular Session (Year 2)Senate

RELATING TO PERSONNEL.

Sponsored By: Ronald D. Kouchi (Democratic)

Passed

Summary

Updates state position titles by changing "private secretary" to "executive assistant" and "secretary" to "administrative assistant", where applicable. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Private SecretaryExecutive AssistantSecretaryAdministrative AssistantLAB

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Bill Overview

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Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Ronald D. Kouchi

    Democratic • Senate

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 149 • No: 1

House vote 4/23/2026

The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments....

Yes: 2 • No: 1

Senate vote 4/23/2026

The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS....

Yes: 4 • No: 0

House vote 4/6/2026

House Floor Vote

Yes: 48 • No: 0

House vote 4/1/2026

House Floor Vote

Yes: 51 • No: 0

House vote 3/19/2026

The committee on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ...

Yes: 6 • No: 0

Senate vote 3/10/2026

Senate Floor Vote

Yes: 25 • No: 0

Senate vote 3/5/2026

The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT...

Yes: 5 • No: 0

Senate vote 2/11/2026

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

Yes: 4 • No: 0

Senate vote 2/11/2026

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

Yes: 4 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Elefante, McKelvey, Rhoads, Moriwaki; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

    4/23/2026Senate
  2. The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 2 Ayes: Representative(s) Lee, M., Ratcliffe; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Alcos; and 0 Excused: none.

    4/23/2026House
  3. Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Thursday, 04-23-26 9:00AM in conference room 016.

    4/22/2026House
  4. House Conferees Appointed: Lee, M. Chairs; Ratcliffe, Alcos.

    4/20/2026House
  5. Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 787).

    4/20/2026Senate
  6. Senate Conferees Appointed: Elefante Chair; McKelvey, Rhoads Co-Chairs; Moriwaki.

    4/20/2026Senate
  7. Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 714).

    4/20/2026House
  8. Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 564).

    4/10/2026House
  9. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 480).

    4/7/2026Senate
  10. Senate disagrees with House amendments.

    4/7/2026Senate
  11. Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Olds, Quinlan excused (3). Transmitted to Senate.

    4/6/2026House
  12. Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1585-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.

    4/1/2026House
  13. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

    4/1/2026House
  14. The committee on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Sayama, Lee, M., Garrett, Kapela, Kong, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

    3/19/2026House
  15. Bill scheduled to be heard by LAB on Thursday, 03-19-26 9:35AM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

    3/16/2026House
  16. Pass First Reading

    3/12/2026House
  17. Referred to LAB, referral sheet 17

    3/12/2026House
  18. Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

    3/10/2026Senate
  19. Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 365) in amended form (SD 1).

    3/10/2026House
  20. Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3051) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).

    3/6/2026Senate
  21. 48 Hrs. Notice 03-10-26.

    3/6/2026Senate
  22. The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

    3/5/2026Senate
  23. The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-05-26 10:01AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

    2/25/2026Senate
  24. Reported from LBT/GVO (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2541) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to JDC.

    2/20/2026Senate
  25. Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDC.

    2/20/2026Senate

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