# Hawaii SCR 173: CONVENING A TASK FORCE TO ADDRESS EVENT TICKET SCALPING IN HAWAII.

Hawaii SCR 173, CONVENING A TASK FORCE TO ADDRESS EVENT TICKET SCALPING IN HAWAII., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 2) Senate bill sponsored by Chris Lee (Democratic); status adopted, last action 2026-05-12 (Certified copies of resolutions sent, 05-12-26.) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Hawaii SCR 173
- State: Hawaii
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session (Year 2)
- Title: CONVENING A TASK FORCE TO ADDRESS EVENT TICKET SCALPING IN HAWAII.
- Status: adopted
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-03-16
- Last action: 2026-05-12, Certified copies of resolutions sent, 05-12-26.
- Sponsor: Chris Lee (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Task Force, Ticket Scalping, Report, CPC, FIN
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 3 (27 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: Chris Lee (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: C.

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-23 | House | The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes ... | pass | 14 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-16 | House | The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The ... | pass | 10 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-08 | Senate | The committee(s) on WLA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENT... | pass | 3 | 0 |   |

## Actions (28)

- 2026-05-12: Certified copies of resolutions sent, 05-12-26. (Senate)
- 2026-05-06: Resolution adopted in final form. (Senate)
- 2026-05-06: Received notice of Adoption (Sen. Com. No. 817). (House)
- 2026-05-05: Received notice of reconsideration and Senate agreement (Sen. Com. No. 815). (House)
- 2026-05-01: Reconsideration of action taken on 4-28-26 in disagreeing to the House amendments. (Senate)
- 2026-05-01: Senate agrees with House amendments. Placed on the calendar for Final Reading on 05-06-26. (Senate)
- 2026-05-01: One Day Notice 05-06-26 (Senate)
- 2026-04-28: Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 869). (Senate)
- 2026-04-28: Senate disagrees with House amendments. (Senate)
- 2026-04-28: Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 784). (House)
- 2026-04-27: Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2264-26), recommending adoption. (House)
- 2026-04-27: Adopted with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka voting no (2) and none excused (0). (House)
- 2026-04-27: Transmitted to Senate. (House)
- 2026-04-23: The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Ratcliffe, Templo, Yamashita, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Morikawa, Perruso, Alcos. (House)
- 2026-04-21: Scheduled for decision making on Thursday, 04-23-26 10:00AM in conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2026-04-20: Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2203-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending referral to FIN. (House)
- 2026-04-20: Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 1 with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Muraoka voting no (1) and Representative(s) Alcos, Cochran, Woodson excused (3). (House)
- 2026-04-16: The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Grandinetti, Chun, Ilagan, Iwamoto, Kong, Lowen, Marten, Tam, Pierick; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama. (House)
- 2026-04-14: Resolution scheduled to be heard by CPC on Thursday, 04-16-26 2:00PM in conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. (House)
- 2026-04-10: Referred to CPC, FIN, referral sheet 28 (House)
- 2026-04-09: Report and Resolution Adopted, as amended (SD 1). Transmitted to House. (Senate)
- 2026-04-09: Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 500) in amended form (SD 1). (House)
- 2026-04-08: The committee(s) on WLA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WLA were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Inouye, Chang; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Lamosao, DeCorte. (Senate)
- 2026-04-08: Reported from WLA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3584) with recommendation of adoption, as amended (SD 1). (Senate)
- 2026-04-08: One Day Notice 04-09-26. (Senate)
- 2026-04-02: The committee(s) on WLA has scheduled a public hearing on 04-08-26 1:05PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference. (Senate)
- 2026-03-19: Referred to WLA. (Senate)
- 2026-03-16: Offered. (Senate)

## Bill text

- Bill Text: [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SCR173_HD1_.pdf)
- Original: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SCR173_.HTM), [PDF](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SCR173_.PDF)
- SCR173_HD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SCR173_HD1_.HTM)
- SCR173_SD1: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SCR173_SD1_.HTM)
- SCR173_SD1_PROPOSED: [HTML](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SCR173_SD1_PROPOSED_.HTM)

## Related bills

- SB 847: RELATING TO PSYCHOLOGISTS. (became law)
- 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/SCR173_HD1_.pdf)
- [Original (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SCR173_.HTM)
- [Original (PDF)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SCR173_.PDF)
- [SCR173_HD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SCR173_HD1_.HTM)
- [SCR173_SD1 (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SCR173_SD1_.HTM)
- [SCR173_SD1_PROPOSED (HTML)](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2026/bills/SCR173_SD1_PROPOSED_.HTM)

## Related
- [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-SCR173-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).