Hawaii bills · 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii SB 2798

RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.

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

Sponsors

• DECOITE (Democratic)
• CHANG (Democratic)
• HASHIMOTO (Democratic)
• LAMOSAO (Democratic)
• MCKELVEY (Democratic)
• RICHARDS (Democratic)

Cosponsors (1)

• San Buenaventura (Democratic)

Summary

Text versions

• SB2798_HD1
• SB2798
• SB2798_SD1

Roll-call votes

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

Actions

• Jan 23, 2026 · Senate
  Introduced.
• Jan 26, 2026 · Senate
  Passed First Reading.
• Jan 30, 2026 · Senate
  Referred to PSM, WAM.
• Jan 30, 2026 · Senate
  The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 02-04-26 3:02PM; CR 016 & Videoconference.
• Feb 4, 2026 · Senate
  The committee(s) on PSM deferred the measure until 02-09-26 3:00PM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
• Feb 8, 2026 · Senate
  The committee on PSM has deleted the measure from decision making scheduled on 02-09-26 3:00PM; CR 016 & Videoconference.
• Feb 10, 2026 · Senate
  Public notice requirement waived pursuant to Senate Rule 21.
• Feb 10, 2026 · Senate
  The committee on PSM has added the measure to decision making scheduled on 02-11-26 3:00PM; CR 016 & Videoconference.
• Feb 11, 2026 · Senate
  The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in PSM were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Fukunaga, Hashimoto, Inouye; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Lee, C., DeCorte.
• Feb 18, 2026 · Senate
  Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2367) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
• Feb 18, 2026 · Senate
  Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
• Feb 23, 2026 · Senate
  The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-02-26 10:31AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
• Feb 27, 2026 · Senate
  The committee on WAM has rescheduled its decision making to 03-02-26 10:02AM; CR 211 & Videoconference.
• Mar 2, 2026 · Senate
  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.
• Mar 5, 2026 · Senate
  Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2725) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
• Mar 5, 2026 · Senate
  One Day Notice 03-06-26.
• Mar 6, 2026 · Senate
  Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Ihara). Transmitted to House.
• Mar 6, 2026 · House
  Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 79) in amended form (SD 1).
• Mar 10, 2026 · House
  Pass First Reading
• Mar 10, 2026 · House
  Referred to AGR, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 16
• Mar 11, 2026 · House
  Bill scheduled to be heard by AGR on Friday, 03-13-26 10:00AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• Mar 12, 2026 · House
  This measure has been deleted from the meeting scheduled on Friday 03-13-26 10:00AM in conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• Mar 12, 2026 · House
  Bill scheduled to be heard by AGR on Wednesday, 03-18-26 9:30AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• Mar 18, 2026 · House
  The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Chun, Kusch, Kahaloa, Lowen, Perruso, Quinlan, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none.
• Mar 20, 2026 · House
  Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1247-26) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
• Mar 20, 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) Quinlan excused (1).
• Mar 20, 2026 · House
  Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 03-24-26 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• Mar 24, 2026 · House
  The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Takayama, Cochran, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Sayama.
• Mar 30, 2026 · House
  Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1541-26), recommending referral to FIN.
• Mar 30, 2026 · House
  Report adopted; 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).
• Apr 2, 2026 · House
  Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 04-07-26 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• Apr 7, 2026 · House
  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, Gedeon, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
• Apr 10, 2026 · House
  Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2040-26), recommending passage on Third Reading.
• Apr 10, 2026 · House
  Deferred one day 04-14-26.
• Apr 14, 2026 · House
  Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Iwamoto voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate.
• Apr 16, 2026 · Senate
  Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 700).
• Apr 16, 2026 · Senate
  Senate disagrees with House amendments.
• Apr 16, 2026 · House
  Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 710).
• Apr 21, 2026 · Senate
  Senate Conferees Appointed: Fukunaga Chair; Richards Co-Chair; Hashimoto.
• Apr 21, 2026 · House
  Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 718).