Bill Sponsor
Hawaii House Bill 9
Session 2026
Designating Hawaii As A Purple Heart State.
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Feb 25, 2026
First Action
Jan 9, 2025
Latest Action
Mar 10, 2026
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill Number
9
State
Hawaii
Session
2026
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Primary
House Votes (2)
Motion Text
The committee on CAA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.
House Roll Call Votes
Summary
Designates Hawaii as a Purple Heart State. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)
Actions (15)
03/10/2026
Senate
Referred to PSM/WLA.
02/25/2026
Senate
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 4).
02/25/2026
Senate
Passed First Reading.
02/24/2026
House
Reported from CAA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 765-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.
02/24/2026
House
Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.
02/20/2026
House
The committee on CAA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Kapela, Kong, Garrett, Lee, M., Sayama, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
02/18/2026
House
Bill scheduled to be heard by CAA on Friday, 02-20-26 11:00AM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
02/11/2026
House
Reported from PBS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 193-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CAA.
02/11/2026
House
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CAA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Holt excused (1).
02/04/2026
House
The committee on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Iwamoto, Hashem, Morikawa, Poepoe, Woodson, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ichiyama.
01/30/2026
House
Bill scheduled to be heard by PBS on Wednesday, 02-04-26 9:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
12/08/2025
Hawaii State Legislature
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
01/21/2025
House
Referred to PBS, CAA, referral sheet 1
01/16/2025
House
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
01/09/2025
House
Prefiled.
Sources
Record Created
Jan 21, 2026 9:02:46 AM
Record Updated
Mar 18, 2026 10:57:38 AM