Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted July 2, 2026

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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted July 2, 2026
By GovTrack .us @ 11:02 AM :: 120 Views :: Congressional Delegation

Strategery in the House

by Amy West GovTrack.us, July 2, 2026

The House continues its split personality. We said on Monday that there were several bills with significant bipartisan support coming to the floor this week and that, if they weren’t derailed by internal House Republican conflicts over their own priorities, would likely pass. And they all did. Most by voice vote, but two by roll call:

H.R. 7128: TRIA Program Reauthorization Act of 2026, which would extend the Terrorism Risk Insurance program, passed 373-15.

H.R. 7757: KIDS Act passed 267-117. If it passes the Senate, this bill will decrease all users’ privacy online and lead to online speech being curtailed in the name of protecting children. Per Roll Call, most of the Congressional conflict is about whether it does those things enough. From the perspective of privacy advocates, any version of this legislation does both too much. The Electronic Frontier Foundation provides an explanation of how the KIDS Act, even without the stronger Senate provisions, would do so.

There were also two votes on bills put forward via personal privilege, a mechanism that forces a bill to the floor regardless of whether House leadership wants it there or not. One passed; one failed:

H.Res. 1399: Directing the Committee on Ethics to preserve and publicly release records relating to monetary settlements involving acts of sexual harassment passed unanimously 420-0. On July 2, the Committee on Ethics published a statement saying they don’t have this information and therefore cannot release it.

H.Con.Res. 108: Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities in Lebanon failed 189-235.

The four bills that were to go through the Rules Committee, a path reserved for legislation expected to get only Republican support (or maybe a very small number of Democratic votes; but not enough to pass via suspension), all are on hold. One is an appropriations bill for national security, the Department of State and related programs, one is about disabled workers, one is a self-congratulatory resolution for last year’s reconciliation bill anniversary and the last is the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

This is weird for several reasons: first, usually, the majority (regardless of party) likes to get its own priorities passed. Even when there are factions within the majority who are unhappy, a path forward is found.

And a path forward was found! The small group of Republican holdouts demanded that the SAVE America Act be added to the NDAA, and it was. Then they voted it against it anyway. Why?

The stated reason is that SAVE could just be stripped out by the Senate. Which is true. Because, as far as your GovTracker is aware, there is no way for the House to structure a bill such that the Senate cannot amend it. But at least one person in this small group seems to think there’s One Weird Trick that House leadership refuses to try and so, when the rule to govern debate on the Republican priority bills came to the floor, it was voted down, taking the other bills with it.

As of Thursday, July 2, Rep. Luna (R-FL13), who has been the main House spokesperson for the folks trying to force Senate passage of SAVE, said that now the House must attach SAVE to everything. Although why this would force any given action on the Senate is unclear especially when she also keeps voting against procedural rules that would advance these bills in the House after her demands are met.

The House and Senate return on July 13 and so will our previews and recaps.

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Hawaii Congressional Delegation

June 23, 2026 — Bill Text

S. 4857: Open Meetings Act of 2026

This bill’s text is now available.

Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI] is the sponsor of this bill.

Trackers: Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI].

June 24, 2026 — Bill Text

S. 4920: SAFER Health Act of 2026

This bill’s text is now available.

Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI] is the sponsor of this bill.

Trackers: Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI].

June 24, 2026 — Bill Text

S. 4915: AI Labeling Act of 2026

This bill’s text is now available.

Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI] is the sponsor of this bill.

Trackers: Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI].

June 29, 2026 — Introduced

H.R. 9508: To require Homeland Security Investigations to establish the Pacific Islands Liaison Initiative to strengthen the United States strategic partnerships and ability to combat transnational criminal organizations in the Pacific region, and for ot

Sponsor: Rep. Ed Case [D-HI1]

This bill was referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and House Committee on the Judiciary which will consider it before sending it to the House floor for consideration.

1 cosponsor is on those committees.

Trackers: Rep. Ed Case [D-HI1].

June 29, 2026, 7:01 p.m. — Vote

H.R. 7757: KIDS Act

Passed 267/117

Rep. Case [D-HI1]: Yea

Rep. Tokuda [D-HI2]: Nay

Trackers: Rep. Jill Tokuda [D-HI2], Rep. Ed Case [D-HI1].

June 29, 2026, 7:08 p.m. — Vote

H.R. 7128: TRIA Program Reauthorization Act of 2026

Passed 373/15

Rep. Case [D-HI1]: Yea

Rep. Tokuda [D-HI2]: Yea

Trackers: Rep. Jill Tokuda [D-HI2], Rep. Ed Case [D-HI1].

June 30, 2026 — Introduced

H.R. 9543: To amend the Act of July 5, 1884 to permit the imposition of taxes on vessels operating as tourist accommodations, and for other purposes.

Sponsor: Rep. Ed Case [D-HI1]

This bill was referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and House Committee on the Judiciary which will consider it before sending it to the House floor for consideration.

Trackers: Rep. Ed Case [D-HI1].