HB 2433: HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE; STATE LAW; PUBLIC DOCUMENTS

Name: House Standing Committee on Judiciary & Hawaiian Affairs
Start: 2026-02-12

Session Year: 2025-2026
House: House
Latest Version Date: 2026-01-27

Current Status:

In Progress

(2026-02-12: The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Cochran, Hashem, Sayama, Takayama, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Kahaloa.)

Introduced

First Committee Review

First Chamber

Second Committee Review

Second Chamber

Final Decking

Enacted

Version:

Requires that the Hawaiian version of a law be held binding if the law in question was originally drafted in Hawaiian, or if the law was originally drafted in English and if the law was subsequently amended, codified, recodified, or reenacted in Hawaiian, and meets certain criteria.

Discussed in Hearing