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<title>HB2608 Status Feed</title>
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<description>Hawaii State Legislature bill status information, updated frequently.</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 02:45:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>3/17/26 HB2608: The committee on EIG deferred the measure.</title>
<description>3/17/26 HB2608: Senate Status Update</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 02:39:42 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>3/12/26 HB2608: The committee(s) on EIG has scheduled a public hearing on 03-17-26 3:01PM; Conference Room 224 &amp; Videoconference.</title>
<description>3/12/26 HB2608: Senate Status Update</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 02:01:22 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>3/10/26 HB2608: Referred to EIG, CPN.</title>
<description>3/10/26 HB2608: Senate Status Update</description>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 02:39:14 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>3/6/26 HB2608: Passed First Reading.</title>
<description>3/6/26 HB2608: Senate Status Update</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 23:24:33 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>3/6/26 HB2608: Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 126).</title>
<description>3/6/26 HB2608: Senate Status Update</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 05:35:58 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>3/5/26 HB2608: Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia voting no (1) and Representative(s) Perruso excused (1).  Transmitted to Senate.</title>
<description>3/5/26 HB2608: House Status Update</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:28:49 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>3/5/26 HB2608: Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 883-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.</title>
<description>3/5/26 HB2608: House Status Update</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 05:17:54 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>3/2/26 HB2608: The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none;  Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Alcos.</title>
<description>3/2/26 HB2608: House Status Update</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 01:15:27 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>2/27/26 HB2608: Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Monday, 03-02-26 10:00AM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.</title>
<description>2/27/26 HB2608: House Status Update</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 02:24:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>2/20/26 HB2608: Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1).</title>
<description>2/20/26 HB2608: House Status Update</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2026 00:21:03 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>2/20/26 HB2608: Reported from WAL (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 719-26), recommending referral to FIN.</title>
<description>2/20/26 HB2608: House Status Update</description>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 06:06:49 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>2/19/26 HB2608: The committee on WAL recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Hashem, Morikawa, Belatti, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Poepoe, Woodson, Souza; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Shimizu;  Noes: none; and  Excused: none.</title>
<description>2/19/26 HB2608: House Status Update</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 22:23:23 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>2/13/26 HB2608: Bill scheduled to be heard by WAL on Thursday, 02-19-26 9:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.</title>
<description>2/13/26 HB2608: House Status Update</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2026 01:49:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>2/10/26 HB2608: Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on WAL with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Shimizu voting no (1) and none excused (0).</title>
<description>2/10/26 HB2608: House Status Update</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 23:04:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>2/9/26 HB2608: Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 84-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to WAL.</title>
<description>2/9/26 HB2608: House Status Update</description>
<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2026 03:12:08 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>2/5/26 HB2608: The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Perruso, Chun, Kahaloa, Kusch, Quinlan; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Matsumoto;  Noes: none; and  Excused: none.   </title>
<description>2/5/26 HB2608: House Status Update</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 21:38:43 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>2/2/26 HB2608: Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Thursday, 02-05-26 9:00AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.</title>
<description>2/2/26 HB2608: House Status Update</description>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 01:35:11 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>2/2/26 HB2608: Referred to EEP, WAL, FIN, referral sheet 6</title>
<description>2/2/26 HB2608: House Status Update</description>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 05:51:48 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>1/28/26 HB2608: Introduced and Pass First Reading.</title>
<description>1/28/26 HB2608: House Status Update</description>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 03:31:34 GMT</pubDate>
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