Bill Sponsor
Hawaii House Bill 1481
Session 2026
Relating To Human Remains.
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in House on Jan 23, 2025
First Action
Jan 23, 2025
Latest Action
Jan 30, 2026
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill Number
1481
State
Hawaii
Session
2026
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Primary
House Votes (1)
checkPassed on January 30, 2026
Motion Text
The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
Summary
Requires any funeral establishment, mortuary, cemetery, crematory, or hydrolysis facility to dispose of the remains of a dead human body no later than sixty days from the date a burial-transit permit has been issued or from the date of an affidavit for amendment of the permit has been submitted. Specifies that the Department of Health is not required to include specific disposition dates on the permit.
Actions (5)
01/30/2026
House
The committee on HLT recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Takayama, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Amato, Hartsfield, Marten, Olds, Takenouchi, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Alcos; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
01/26/2026
House
Bill scheduled to be heard by HLT on Friday, 01-30-26 10:30AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
12/08/2025
Hawaii State Legislature
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
01/27/2025
House
Referred to HLT, CPC, referral sheet 4
01/23/2025
House
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
Sources
Record Created
Jan 21, 2026 8:57:51 AM
Record Updated
Jan 31, 2026 2:35:13 AM