Hawaii legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Hawaii SCR173: Urging the Department of Land and Natural Resources to Assess the Impact of Jug Line Fishing and to Adopt Rules Pursuant to Chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, Necessary to Address Any Concerns Raised by the Assessment.
Status: Passed both chambers, May 6, 2026
What the bill says
From the engrossed text:
THE SENATE S.C.R. NO. THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2026 S.D. STATE OF HAWAII SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION CONVENING A TASK FORCE TO ADDRESS EVENT TICKET SCALPING IN HAWAII. WHEREAS, live entertainment, cultural performances, and sporting events contribute to the social, cultural, and economic vitality of the State and provide shared community experiences for residents and visitors alike; and WHEREAS, residents must often travel between islands or to the mainland to attend many events, raising the costs for local residents to begin with; and WHEREAS, in recent years, ticket resellers have begun intentionally purchasing large quantities of event tickets within seconds of their release, dramatically driving up the cost by as much as ten to twenty times the original ticket price, and then forcing local residents who wish to attend that were unable to purchase a ticket within the first few seconds of release to purchase tickets through the ticket resellers at significantly inflated, exploitive prices; and WHEREAS, ticket resellers have also begun to resell event tickets at significantly inflated prices even before the tickets were made available for sale in the first place, frequently leaving ticket buyers who thought they had purchased a ticket without an actual ticket to the event; and WHEREAS, the supermajority of all tickets purchased for resale are resold by only a few large ticket resellers on the mainland, …
Sponsors
- Chris Lee (D, 25) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Certified copies of resolutions sent, 05-12-26.
- : Received notice of Adoption (Sen. Com. No. 817).
- : Resolution adopted in final form.
- : Received notice of reconsideration and Senate agreement (Sen. Com. No. 815).
- : One Day Notice 05-06-26
- : Senate agrees with House amendments. Placed on the calendar for Final Reading on 05-06-26.
- : Reconsideration of action taken on 4-28-26 in disagreeing to the House amendments.
- : Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 784).
- : Senate disagrees with House amendments.
- : Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 869).
Votes
- Adopted with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka voting no (2) and none excused (0) (April 27, 2026): 49 yea, 2 nay, passed
- FIN: recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED (April 23, 2026): 14 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 1 with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Muraoka voting no (1) and Representative(s) Alcos, (April 20, 2026): 47 yea, 1 nay, passed
- CPC: recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS (April 16, 2026): 10 yea, 0 nay, passed
- WLA: recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS (April 8, 2026): 3 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Reports
Common questions
- What is SCR173?
- SCR173 is a bill in the Hawaii Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Urging the Department of Land and Natural Resources to Assess the Impact of Jug Line Fishing and to Adopt Rules Pursuant to Chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes, Necessary to Address Any Concerns Raised by the Assessment.
- What is the status of SCR173?
- Passed both chambers as of May 6, 2026. Latest action: Certified copies of resolutions sent, 05-12-26. (May 12, 2026).
- Who sponsored SCR173?
- Chris Lee (D, 25).
- Where is the official record for SCR173?
- On the Hawaii Legislature website: https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SCR&billnumber=173&year=2026
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