# Hawaii SCR 121: REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM TO CONVENE A TOURISM AND GAMING WORKING GROUP.

Hawaii SCR 121, REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM TO CONVENE A TOURISM AND GAMING WORKING GROUP., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 1) Senate bill sponsored by Lynn DeCoite (Democratic); status adopted, last action 2025-04-29 (Received notice of Adoption (Sen. Com. No. 886).) (as of 2026-10-27).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SCR121-2025
- As of: 2026-10-27
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## Facts
- Bill: Hawaii SCR 121
- State: Hawaii
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 1)
- Title: REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND TOURISM TO CONVENE A TOURISM AND GAMING WORKING GROUP.
- Status: adopted
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-03-07
- Last action: 2025-04-29, Received notice of Adoption (Sen. Com. No. 886).
- Sponsor: Lynn DeCoite (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Tourism and Gaming Working Group, Gambling, Legislative Report, ECD
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (9 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Lynn DeCoite (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-17 | House | The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 6 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-25 | Senate | The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT... | pass | 3 | 0 |   |

## Actions (23)

- 2025-04-29: Received notice of Adoption (Sen. Com. No. 886). (House)
- 2025-04-25: Received notice of reconsideration and Senate agreement (Sen. Com. No. 878). (House)
- 2025-04-25: Resolution adopted in final form. 18 Aye(s); Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Gabbard, Kim . 6 No(es): Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte, Fevella, Ihara, Inouye, Moriwaki. 1 Excused: Senator(s) Chang. (Senate)
- 2025-04-24: Reconsideration of action taken on 04-22-25; agree to House amendments. (Senate)
- 2025-04-24: Senate agrees with House Amendments. Placed on the calendar for Final Adoption on 04-25-25. (Senate)
- 2025-04-24: One Day Notice 04-25-25 (Senate)
- 2025-04-22: Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 793). (Senate)
- 2025-04-22: Senate disagrees with House amendments. (Senate)
- 2025-04-22: Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 858). (House)
- 2025-04-21: Reported from ECD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2146) as amended in HD 1, recommending adoption. (House)
- 2025-04-21: Adopted as amended in HD 1 with Representative(s) Belatti, Chun, Kila, Matayoshi voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Garrett, Grandinetti, Hussey, Iwamoto, Marten, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Perruso, Pierick, Reyes Oda, Shimizu, Templo voting no (14) and Representative(s) Cochran, La Chica, Woodson excused (3). (House)
- 2025-04-21: Transmitted to Senate. (House)
- 2025-04-17: The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Ilagan, Hussey, Holt, Tam, Todd; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Templo; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Matsumoto. (House)
- 2025-04-14: Resolution scheduled to be heard by ECD on Thursday, 04-17-25 10:30AM in conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2025-04-04: Referred to ECD, referral sheet 28 (House)
- 2025-04-03: Report and Resolution Adopted as amended (SD1). Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Ihara). Transmitted to House. (Senate)
- 2025-04-03: Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 506) in amended form (SD 1). (House)
- 2025-04-02: Reported from EDT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1559) with recommendation of adoption, as amended (SD 1). (Senate)
- 2025-04-02: One Day Notice 04-03-25. (Senate)
- 2025-03-25: The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDT were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Wakai, Fukunaga; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Kim, Awa. (Senate)
- 2025-03-21: The committee(s) on EDT has scheduled a public hearing on 03-25-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2025-03-12: Referred to EDT. (Senate)
- 2025-03-07: Offered. (Senate)

## Bill text

- Bill Text: [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR121_HD1_.pdf)
- Original: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR121_.HTM), [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR121_.PDF)
- SCR121_HD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR121_HD1_.HTM)
- SCR121_SD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR121_SD1_.HTM)

## Related bills

- HB 431: RELATING TO HOUSING. (signed)
- HB 1064: RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION. (signed)
- SB 1044: RELATING TO THE STABILIZATION OF PROPERTY INSURANCE. (signed)
- SB 1231: RELATING TO PARENTAGE. (signed)
- SB 935: RELATING TO GOVERNMENT. (signed)
- HB 703: RELATING TO KUPUNA HOUSING. (signed)

## Sources
- [Bill Text (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR121_HD1_.pdf)
- [Original (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR121_.HTM)
- [Original (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR121_.PDF)
- [SCR121_HD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR121_HD1_.HTM)
- [SCR121_SD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SCR121_SD1_.HTM)

## Related
- [HB 431: RELATING TO HOUSING.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB431-2025)
- [HB 1064: RELATING TO FIRE PROTECTION.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB1064-2025)
- [SB 1044: RELATING TO THE STABILIZATION OF PROPERTY INSURANCE.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB1044-2025)
- [SB 1231: RELATING TO PARENTAGE.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB1231-2025)
- [SB 935: RELATING TO GOVERNMENT.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SB935-2025)
- [HB 703: RELATING TO KUPUNA HOUSING.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-HB703-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/HI-SCR121-2025 (as of 2026-10-27).