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Hawaii 2026

SB 1638

RELATING TO AIR CARRIERS.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-11-12 00:12:40 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Hawaii
Session
2026
Chamber
upper
Classification
bill
Subjects
Air Carriers, Airlines, Appropriations ($), DOT, Molokai Airport, Subsidy
Introduced / first action
2025-01-23 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Establishes within the Department of Transportation a three-year Molokai Air Carrier Subsidy Pilot Program to provide subsidies to airlines operating out of Molokai Airport. Appropriates funds. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD1)

Sponsors

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Re-Referred to TRS, WAM.

    referral-committee

  2. Senate Conferee(s) discharged.

  3. Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 409).

    receipt

  4. Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.

    carried-over

  5. Senate Conferees Appointed: Lee, C. Chairs; DeCoite Co-Chair; Elefante, DeCorte.

  6. Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 809).

    receipt

  7. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 620).

    introduction, receipt

  8. Senate disagrees with House amendments.

    amendment-failure

  9. Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 774).

    receipt

  10. Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1950), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  11. Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Iwamoto voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kapela excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.

    passage

  12. The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Alcos.

    committee-passage-favorable

  13. Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 04-01-25 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  14. Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1384) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

  15. Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2).

    reading-2, referral-committee

  16. The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Grandinetti, Evslin, Kitagawa, La Chica, Miyake, Muraoka; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Pierick; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.

    committee-passage-favorable

  17. Bill scheduled to be heard by TRN on Tuesday, 03-18-25 10:00AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  18. Pass First Reading

    reading-1

  19. Referred to TRN, FIN, referral sheet 19

    referral-committee

  20. Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.

    passage

  21. Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 384) in amended form (SD 2).

    introduction, receipt

  22. Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 915) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

  23. 48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25.

  24. The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  25. The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-27-25 10:26AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  26. Reported from TCA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 487) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

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

    reading-2, referral-committee

  28. The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in TCA were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Inouye, Elefante, Kanuha, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  29. The committee(s) on TCA has scheduled a public hearing on 02-11-25 3:01PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

  30. Passed First Reading.

    reading-1

  31. Referred to TCA, WAM.

    referral-committee

  32. Introduced.

    introduction

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