Legislative record

SB 2453STATE · HawaiiIntroduced

RELATING TO VOTING.

Requires the Office of Elections to include a notice to voters that a digital and print voter information guide is available. Requires the notice to be in thirty-two-point font and enclosed as a separate insert with each ballot. Requires the Office of Elections to maintain a notice on its website providing certain information about the voter information guide. Requires the Office of Elections to make the digital voter information guide available to the public no later than twenty-one days before the primary election and no later than fifty days before the general election. Appropriates funds. Effective 3/22/2075. (SD1)

Voted 2/19/2026

Roll-call record

How representatives voted

5 yea·0 nay

Docket history

Action history

  1. 2/19/2026Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
  2. 2/19/2026Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2468) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
  3. 2/6/2026The 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.
  4. 2/2/2026The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 02-06-26 9:00AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
  5. 1/28/2026Referred to JDC, WAM.
  6. 1/22/2026Passed First Reading.
  7. 1/22/2026Introduced.