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Hawaii 2026

SB 2577

RELATING TO SPORTS TOURISM.

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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
Aloha Stadium, Appropriation ($), DBEDT, Report, Sports Tourism, University of Hawaii
Introduced / first action
2026-01-23 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to conduct a study of the potential economic benefits and costs of sports tourism in the State. Requires a report to the Legislature. Requires funds appropriated to the Hawaii Tourism Authority in the Supplemental Executive Budget to be expended by DBEDT for the study. Effective 7/1/2050. (HD1)

Sponsors

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-30-26 10:30AM in conference room 411.

  2. Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-29-26 10:30AM in conference room 411.

  3. Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 761).

    receipt

  4. Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-26 10:30AM; Conference Room 411.

  5. Senate Conferees Appointed: DeCoite Chair; Wakai Co-Chair; Fevella.

  6. Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-27-26 10:00AM in conference room 411.

  7. House Conferees Appointed: Tam, Ilagan, Templo Co-Chairs; Ratcliffe, Gedeon.

  8. Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 787).

    receipt

  9. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 675).

    introduction, receipt

  10. Senate disagrees with House amendments.

    amendment-failure

  11. Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 710).

    receipt

  12. Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Iwamoto voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.

    passage

  13. Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2083-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  14. Deferred one day 04-14-26.

    deferral

  15. The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Todd, Takenouchi, Hartsfield, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Perruso, Templo, Yamashita, Alcos, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  16. Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 04-07-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  17. Reported from TOU/ECD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1330-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

  18. 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) Garrett, Quinlan excused (2).

    reading-2, referral-committee

  19. The committee on TOU recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Tam, Templo, Ilagan, Yamashita, Gedeon; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Hussey.

    committee-passage-favorable

  20. The committee on ECD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Ilagan, Tam, Templo, Yamashita, Gedeon; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Hussey.

    committee-passage-favorable

  21. Bill scheduled to be heard by TOU/ECD on Tuesday, 03-17-26 10:00AM in House conference room 423 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  22. Referred to TOU/ECD, FIN, referral sheet 15

    referral-committee

  23. Pass First Reading

    reading-1

  24. Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Ihara). Transmitted to House.

    passage

  25. Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 26) in amended form (SD 2).

    introduction, receipt

  26. Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2713) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).

  27. 48 Hrs. Notice 03-05-26.

  28. The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 11 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Kidani, Richards.

    committee-passage-favorable

  29. The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-19-26 10:30AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  30. Reported from EDT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2148) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

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

    reading-2, referral-committee

  32. The committee(s) on EDT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDT were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) DeCoite, Wakai, Fukunaga, Kim, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  33. The committee(s) on EDT has scheduled a public hearing on 02-03-26 1:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.

  34. Referred to EDT, WAM.

    referral-committee

  35. Introduced.

    introduction

  36. Passed First Reading.

    reading-1

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