Hawaii bills · 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii HB 900

RELATING TO CHILD WELFARE SERVICES.

1. Introduced
2. In committee
3. Passed House
4. Passed Senate
5. To Governor
6. Became law

Sponsors

• MARTEN (Democratic)
• AMATO (Democratic)
• BELATTI (Democratic)
• GRANDINETTI (Democratic)
• IWAMOTO (Democratic)
• KAHALOA (Democratic)
• KAPELA (Democratic)
• KILA (Democratic)
• LAMOSAO (Democratic)
• MATAYOSHI (Democratic)
• MIYAKE (Democratic)
• OLDS (Democratic)
• PERRUSO (Democratic)
• POEPOE (Democratic)
• QUINLAN (Democratic)
• SOUZA (Republican)
• TAKAYAMA (Democratic)
• TAM (Democratic)

Summary

Text versions

• HB900
• HB900_HD1.pdf
• HB900_HD2

Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 16, 2026, 4:04 AM.

Actions

• Jan 21, 2025 · House
  Pending introduction.
• Jan 23, 2025 · House
  Introduced and Pass First Reading.
• Jan 23, 2025 · House
  Referred to HSH, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 3
• Jan 24, 2025 · House
  Bill scheduled to be heard by HSH on Tuesday, 01-28-25 9:00AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• Jan 28, 2025 · House
  The committee on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Marten, Olds, Amato, Chun, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Takayama, Takenouchi, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Alcos.
• Jan 30, 2025 · House
  Reported from HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 6) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
• Jan 30, 2025 · House
  Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2).
• Jan 31, 2025 · House
  Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 02-05-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• Feb 5, 2025 · House
  The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran.
• Feb 13, 2025 · House
  Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 623) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
• Feb 13, 2025 · House
  Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Kitagawa, Ward excused (3).
• Feb 21, 2025 · House
  Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Monday, 02-24-25 12:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• Feb 24, 2025 · House
  The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Hussey, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.
• Feb 28, 2025 · House
  Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 969), recommending passage on Third Reading.
• Feb 28, 2025 · House
  Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4). Transmitted to Senate.
• Mar 4, 2025 · Senate
  Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 129).
• Mar 4, 2025 · Senate
  Passed First Reading.
• Mar 4, 2025 · Senate
  Referred to HHS/JDC, WAM.
• Dec 8, 2025 · Legislature
  Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.