# Hawaii SB 3152: RELATING TO COMMERCIAL PORT ADMINISTRATION.

Hawaii SB 3152, RELATING TO COMMERCIAL PORT ADMINISTRATION., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 2) Senate bill sponsored by Ronald D. Kouchi (Democratic); status failed, last action 2026-04-21 (Senate Conferees Appointed: Inouye Chair; Rhoads Co-Chair; Kanuha.); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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- As of: 2026-11-01
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## Facts
- Bill: Hawaii SB 3152
- State: Hawaii
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 2)
- Title: RELATING TO COMMERCIAL PORT ADMINISTRATION.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-26
- Last action: 2026-04-21, Senate Conferees Appointed: Inouye Chair; Rhoads Co-Chair; Kanuha.
- Sponsor: Ronald D. Kouchi (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: DOT, Harbors, Commercial Ports, TRN, FIN
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 7 (154 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Renames the Harbors Division of the Department of Transportation to the Commercial Ports Division and distinguishes between the terms "harbor" and "commercial port" throughout the Hawaii Revised Statutes. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Ronald D. Kouchi (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-14 | House | House Floor Vote | pass | 51 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-07 | House | The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes ... | pass | 16 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-30 | House | Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN... | pass | 46 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-27 | House | The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 6 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-10 | Senate | Senate Floor Vote | pass | 25 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-05 | Senate | The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT... | pass | 5 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-10 | Senate | The committee(s) on TRS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT... | pass | 5 | 0 |   |

## Actions (32)

- 2026-04-21: Senate Conferees Appointed: Inouye Chair; Rhoads Co-Chair; Kanuha. (Senate)
- 2026-04-21: Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 718). (House)
- 2026-04-20: House Conferees Appointed: Kila, Takenouchi Co-Chairs; Muraoka. (House)
- 2026-04-20: Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 787). (Senate)
- 2026-04-16: Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 755). (Senate)
- 2026-04-16: Senate disagrees with House amendments. (Senate)
- 2026-04-16: Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 710). (House)
- 2026-04-14: Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. (House)
- 2026-04-10: Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2065-26), recommending passage on Third Reading. (House)
- 2026-04-10: Deferred one day 04-14-26. (House)
- 2026-04-07: 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. (House)
- 2026-04-02: Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 04-07-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2026-03-30: Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1558-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN. (House)
- 2026-03-30: Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Lowen, Perruso, Quinlan excused (4). (House)
- 2026-03-27: The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Miyake, Evslin, Grandinetti, Kitagawa, Cochran; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) La Chica, Muraoka, Pierick. (House)
- 2026-03-24: Bill scheduled to be heard by TRN on Friday, 03-27-26 10:30AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2026-03-12: Pass First Reading (House)
- 2026-03-12: Referred to TRN, FIN, referral sheet 17 (House)
- 2026-03-10: Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. (Senate)
- 2026-03-10: Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 371) in amended form (SD 2). (House)
- 2026-03-06: Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3052) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). (Senate)
- 2026-03-06: 48 Hrs. Notice 03-10-26. (Senate)
- 2026-03-05: 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. (Senate)
- 2026-02-25: The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-05-26 10:01AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2026-02-13: Reported from TRS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2268) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC. (Senate)
- 2026-02-13: Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. (Senate)
- 2026-02-10: The committee(s) on TRS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in TRS were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Inouye, Elefante, Kanuha, Lee, C., DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. (Senate)
- 2026-02-06: The committee(s) on TRS has scheduled a public hearing on 02-10-26 3:02PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2026-02-02: Referred to TRS, JDC. (Senate)
- 2026-01-28: Introduced. (Senate)
- 2026-01-28: Passed First Reading. (Senate)
- 2026-01-26: Pending Introduction. (Senate)

## Bill text

- Bill Text: [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB3152_HD1_.pdf)
- Original: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB3152_.HTM), [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB3152_.PDF)
- SB3152_HD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB3152_HD1_.HTM)
- SB3152_SD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB3152_SD1_.HTM)
- SB3152_SD2: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB3152_SD2_.HTM)

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- SB 2338: RELATING TO HOUSING. (signed)
- HB 2344: RELATING TO SCHOOL FACILITIES. (signed)
- HB 2023: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. (signed)
- HB 2021: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION. (signed)
- SB 2964: RELATING TO PROPERTY INSURANCE. (signed)

## Sources
- [Bill Text (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB3152_HD1_.pdf)
- [Original (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB3152_.HTM)
- [Original (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB3152_.PDF)
- [SB3152_HD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB3152_HD1_.HTM)
- [SB3152_SD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB3152_SD1_.HTM)
- [SB3152_SD2 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SB3152_SD2_.HTM)

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- [SB 847: RELATING TO PSYCHOLOGISTS.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB847-2026)
- [SB 2338: RELATING TO HOUSING.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB2338-2026)
- [HB 2344: RELATING TO SCHOOL FACILITIES.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB2344-2026)
- [HB 2023: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB2023-2026)
- [HB 2021: RELATING TO TRANSPORTATION.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB2021-2026)
- [SB 2964: RELATING TO PROPERTY INSURANCE.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB2964-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB3152-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).