Legislative record

HB 1947STATE · HawaiiIntroduced

RELATING TO TOURISM.

Repeals the Hawaii Tourism Authority. Establishes the Office of Tourism within the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Voted 2/19/2026View source

Roll-call record

How representatives voted

15 yea·0 nay·1 other

Docket history

Action history

  1. 2/19/2026The committee(s) on JHA recommend(s) that the measure be deferred.
  2. 2/13/2026Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 02-19-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  3. 2/12/2026Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with Representative(s) Alcos, Gedeon, Matsumoto, Reyes Oda, Shimizu, Souza voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (3) and none excused (0).
  4. 2/12/2026Reported from TOU/WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 249-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
  5. 2/10/2026The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Morikawa, Belatti, Ichiyama, Poepoe, Woodson; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Iwamoto, Shimizu, Souza; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
  6. 2/10/2026The committee on TOU recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Tam, Templo, Hussey, Ilagan, Yamashita; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Gedeon; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Holt.
  7. 2/6/2026Bill scheduled to be heard by TOU/WAL on Tuesday, 02-10-26 11:15AM in House conference room 423 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
  8. 1/28/2026Referred to TOU/WAL, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 3
  9. 1/26/2026Introduced and Pass First Reading.
  10. 1/23/2026Pending introduction.