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Hawaii 2026

SB 3138

RELATING TO INDEPENDENT AUDITS OF DEPOSIT BEVERAGE DISTRIBUTORS.

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Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Hawaii
Session
2026
Chamber
upper
Classification
bill
Subjects
Department of Health, Deposit Beverage Container Program, Deposit Beverage Distributor, Exemption, Frequency, Independent Audit
Introduced / first action
2026-01-26 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Limits the independent audit requirement under the State's Deposit Beverage Container Program to deposit beverage distributors who distribute 5 million or more deposit beverage containers a year. Identifies frequency of obtaining and submitting independent audits based on quantities of deposit beverage containers distributed. Defines "distribute" to include the manufacture, import, and sale of deposit beverage containers. Creates minimum requirements for independent audits. (CD1)

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Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Act 158, 06/25/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1259).

    became-law

  2. Act 158, on 06/25/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1259).

    became-law

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

    receipt

  4. Enrolled to Governor.

    executive-receipt

  5. Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.

    passage

  6. Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).

    passage

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

    receipt

  8. Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 103-26).

  9. 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-06-26.

  10. Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 103-26) as amended in (CD 1).

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

  12. The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Moriwaki; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) McKelvey.

    committee-passage-favorable

  13. The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Perruso, Amato, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

  14. Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Thursday 04-30-26 10:00AM in conference room 325.

  15. Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Monday, 04-27-26 10:00AM in conference room 325.

  16. Received notice of change in conferees (Hse. Com. No. 812).

    receipt

  17. House Conferees Added: Representative Amato added as Conferee.

  18. Senate Conferees Appointed: San Buenaventura Chair; Moriwaki Co-Chair; McKelvey.

  19. Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 723).

    receipt

  20. House Conferees Appointed: Lowen, Perruso Co-Chairs; Matsumoto.

  21. Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 800).

    receipt

  22. Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 752).

    introduction, receipt

  23. Senate disagrees with House amendments.

    amendment-failure

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

    receipt

  25. Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Amato voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.

    passage

  26. Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2046-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.

  27. Deferred one day 04-14-26.

    deferral

  28. 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, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Gedeon; Noes: none; and Excused: none.

    committee-passage-favorable

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

  30. Reported from EEP (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1435-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.

  31. 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, Lowen, Perruso, Quinlan excused (4).

    reading-2, referral-committee

  32. The committee on EEP recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Lowen, Perruso, Chun, Kusch, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Kahaloa, Quinlan.

    committee-passage-favorable

  33. Bill scheduled for decision making on Tuesday, 03-24-26 11:00AM in conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  34. The committee(s) on EEP recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 03-24-26.

    deferral

  35. Bill scheduled to be heard by EEP on Thursday, 03-19-26 9:40AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.

  36. Pass First Reading

    reading-1

  37. Referred to EEP, FIN, referral sheet 16

    referral-committee

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

    passage

  39. Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 114) in amended form (SD 1).

    introduction, receipt

  40. Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2762) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.

  41. One Day Notice 03-06-26.

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

    committee-passage-favorable

  43. The committee(s) on WAM deferred the measure until 03-02-26 10:01AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

    deferral

  44. The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-25-26 10:55AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.

  45. Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2291) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.

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

    reading-2, referral-committee

  47. The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, McKelvey, Keohokalole, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Kanuha.

    committee-passage-favorable

  48. The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 02-06-26 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

  49. Referred to HHS, WAM.

    referral-committee

  50. Introduced.

    introduction

  51. Passed First Reading.

    reading-1

  52. Pending Introduction.

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