Hawaii bills · 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii SB 2519

RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.

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

Sponsors

• KOUCHI (Democratic)

Summary

Text versions

• SB2519
• SB2519_HD1
• SB2519_CD1

Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 8:06 AM.

Actions

• Jan 23, 2026 · Senate
  Introduced.
• Jan 23, 2026 · Senate
  Passed First Reading.
• Jan 28, 2026 · Senate
  Referred to PSM, WAM.
• Jan 30, 2026 · Senate
  The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 02-02-26 3:00PM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
• Feb 2, 2026 · Senate
  The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in PSM were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Fukunaga, Lee, C., Hashimoto, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Inouye.
• Feb 4, 2026 · Senate
  Re-Referred to PSM, JDC.
• Feb 10, 2026 · Senate
  Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2127) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to JDC.
• Feb 10, 2026 · Senate
  Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDC.
• Feb 24, 2026 · Senate
  The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-03-26 10:15AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
• Mar 3, 2026 · Senate
  The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Chang, San Buenaventura.
• Mar 6, 2026 · Senate
  Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3087) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
• Mar 6, 2026 · Senate
  One Day Notice 03-10-26.
• Mar 10, 2026 · Senate
  Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
• Mar 10, 2026 · House
  Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 254).
• Mar 12, 2026 · House
  Pass First Reading
• Mar 12, 2026 · House
  Referred to LAB, JHA, referral sheet 17
• Mar 16, 2026 · House
  Bill scheduled to be heard by LAB on Thursday, 03-19-26 9:35AM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• Mar 19, 2026 · House
  The committee on LAB recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Sayama, Lee, M., Garrett, Kapela, Kong, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
• Mar 24, 2026 · House
  Reported from LAB (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1365-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
• Mar 24, 2026 · 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) Garrett, Quinlan excused (2).
• Mar 25, 2026 · House
  Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 03-31-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• Mar 31, 2026 · House
  The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Hashem, Kahaloa, Takayama, Cochran, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Sayama.
• Apr 8, 2026 · House
  Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1818-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.
• Apr 8, 2026 · House
  Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). Transmitted to Senate.
• Apr 9, 2026 · Senate
  Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 487).
• Apr 9, 2026 · Senate
  Senate disagrees with House amendments.
• Apr 10, 2026 · House
  Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 564).
• Apr 20, 2026 · House
  House Conferees Appointed: Lee, M., Tarnas Co-Chairs; Ratcliffe, Reyes Oda.
• Apr 20, 2026 · Senate
  Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 787).
• Apr 21, 2026 · Senate
  Senate Conferees Appointed: Fukunaga Chair; Rhoads Co-Chair; Hashimoto.
• Apr 21, 2026 · House
  Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 718).
• Apr 23, 2026 · Senate
  Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-24-26 3:30PM; Conference Room 016.
• Apr 24, 2026 · Senate
  The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Fukunaga, Rhoads, Hashimoto; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
• Apr 24, 2026 · House
  The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Lee, M., Tarnas, Ratcliffe, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
• Apr 29, 2026 · Senate
  Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 39-26).
• Apr 29, 2026 · Senate
  48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-26.
• Apr 29, 2026 · House
  Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 39-26) as amended in (CD 1).
• Apr 29, 2026 · House
  Forty-eight (48) hours notice Friday, 05-01-26.
• May 1, 2026 · House
  Deferred one day 05-06-26.
• May 1, 2026 · Senate
  Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Fukunaga).
• May 5, 2026 · House
  Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 814).
• May 6, 2026 · House
  Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
• May 8, 2026 · Senate
  Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 888).
• May 7, 2026 · Senate
  Enrolled to Governor.
• Jun 9, 2026 · Senate
  Act 107, 06/08/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1207).
• Jun 9, 2026 · House
  Act 107, on 06/08/2026 (Gov. Msg. No. 1207).