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Hawaii 2026

HB 686

RELATING TO COMMUNITY OUTREACH BOARDS.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-09-18 19:11:01 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Hawaii
Session
2026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Community Outreach Boards, Neighborhood Boards, Permitted Interactions, Public Meetings, Sunshine Law
Introduced / first action
2025-01-17 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Defines community outreach board to mean a board established to serve in a community advisory capacity under a county department. Includes community outreach boards in existing provisions of the Sunshine Law relating to neighborhood boards. Authorizes neighborhood board and community outreach board members to attend meetings or presentations related to official board business statewide. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Sponsors

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

    carried-over

  2. Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 744) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

  3. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4).

    reading-2, referral-committee

  4. The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.

    committee-passage-favorable

  5. Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 02-13-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  6. Introduced and Pass First Reading.

    introduction, reading-1

  7. Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 2

    referral-committee

  8. Pending introduction.

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