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Hawaii 2026

HB 1839

RELATING TO IMMIGRATION.

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Measure details

Jurisdiction
Hawaii
Session
2026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Access to Detained Individuals, Civil Immigration Interviews, Due Process, Immigration, Law Enforcement Agencies, Public Records
Introduced / first action
2026-01-22 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Requires state and county law enforcement agencies to notify an individual in the custody of a state or county law enforcement agency of their rights before any interview with federal immigration authorities pertaining to certain matters regarding civil immigration violations can commence. Designates all records relating to federal immigration authorities' access to detained individuals provided by a state or local law enforcement agency as public records. (CD1)

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Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Act 161, 06/25/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1262).

    became-law

  2. Act 161, on 06/25/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1262).

    became-law

  3. Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888).

    receipt

  4. Transmitted to Governor.

  5. Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, Fevella). Excused, 0 (none).

    passage

  6. Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Kila, Shimizu voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Kong, Pierick voting no (4) and none excused (0).

    passage

  7. Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 816).

    receipt

  8. The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Fukunaga, Wakai, Rhoads, Lee, C.; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  9. The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Ilagan, Tarnas, Hussey, Tam, Gedeon; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  10. Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 187-26) as amended in (CD 1).

  11. Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-06-26.

  12. Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 187-26).

  13. 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-06-26

  14. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 05-01-26 3:30PM; Conference Room 016.

  15. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-30-26 3:30PM; CR 016.

  16. Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-29-26 3:30PM; Conference Room 016.

  17. Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 760).

    receipt

  18. Senate Conferees Appointed: Fukunaga Chair; Wakai, Rhoads, Lee, C. Co-Chairs.

  19. Re-referred to ECD, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 30

    referral-committee

  20. House Conferees Appointed: Ilagan, Tarnas, Hussey Co-Chairs; Tam, Gedeon.

  21. Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 786).

    receipt

  22. Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 780).

    receipt

  23. House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).

    amendment-failure

  24. Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 3 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte, Fevella). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

    passage

  25. Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 627) in amended form (SD 2).

  26. Reported from JDC/WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3776) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

  27. 48 Hrs. Notice 04-14-26.

  28. The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 12 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Richards, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Fevella; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  29. The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  30. The committee(s) on JDC/WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-08-26 10:15AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  31. Reported from PSM/EIG (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3294) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC/WAM.

  32. Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC/WAM.

    reading-2, referral-committee

  33. The committee(s) on EIG recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EIG were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Chang; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Richards ; 2 No(es): Senator(s) DeCoite, Fevella; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  34. The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in PSM were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Fukunaga, Lee, C., Hashimoto; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) DeCorte; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Inouye.

    committee-passage-favorable

  35. The committee(s) on PSM/EIG has scheduled a public hearing on 03-23-26 3:00PM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.

  36. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 295).

    introduction, receipt

  37. Passed First Reading.

    reading-1

  38. Referred to PSM/EIG, JDC/WAM.

    referral-committee

  39. Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Gedeon, Kila, Matsumoto voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Kong, Muraoka, Shimizu voting no (5) and Representative(s) Pierick excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.

    passage

  40. Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1122-26) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.

  41. Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-10-26.

  42. The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Cochran, Hashem, Kahaloa, Sayama, Takayama; Ayes with reservations: none; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Garcia, Shimizu; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti.

    committee-passage-favorable

  43. Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 02-25-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  44. Reported from ECD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 335-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.

  45. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Pierick voting no (3) and Representative(s) Cochran, Lee, M., Poepoe excused (3).

    reading-2, referral-committee

  46. The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Ilagan, Hussey, Holt, Tam, Templo, Yamashita, Gedeon; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  47. Bill scheduled to be heard by ECD on Friday, 02-06-26 8:30AM in House conference room 423 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  48. Referred to ECD, JHA, referral sheet 1

    referral-committee

  49. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

    introduction, reading-1

  50. Pending introduction.

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