Hawaii bills · 2026 Regular Session

Hawaii SB 763

RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.

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

Sponsors

• RICHARDS (Democratic)
• AQUINO
• CHANG (Democratic)
• FEVELLA (Republican)
• GABBARD (Democratic)
• HASHIMOTO (Democratic)
• KANUHA (Democratic)
• MCKELVEY (Democratic)
• SAN BUENAVENTURA (Democratic)

Summary

Text versions

• SB763
• SB763_SD1
• SB763_SD2
• SB763_HD1
• SB763_HD2
• SB763_HD3

Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 16, 2026, 4:38 PM.

Actions

• Jan 17, 2025 · Senate
  Introduced.
• Jan 21, 2025 · Senate
  Passed First Reading.
• Jan 23, 2025 · Senate
  Referred to AEN/PSM, WAM/JDC.
• Feb 4, 2025 · Senate
  The committee(s) on AEN/PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 02-07-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
• Feb 7, 2025 · Senate
  The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in AEN were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Richards, DeCoite, Rhoads, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
• Feb 7, 2025 · 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) Elefante, Rhoads, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Wakai, Fukunaga.
• Feb 13, 2025 · Senate
  Reported from AEN/PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 455) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM/JDC.
• Feb 13, 2025 · Senate
  Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM/JDC.
• Feb 14, 2025 · Senate
  The committee(s) on WAM/JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-19-25 10:16AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
• Feb 19, 2025 · Senate
  The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
• Feb 19, 2025 · Senate
  The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard.
• Feb 28, 2025 · Senate
  Reported from WAM/JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 883) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
• Feb 28, 2025 · Senate
  48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25.
• Mar 4, 2025 · Senate
  Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
• Mar 4, 2025 · House
  Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 194) in amended form (SD 2).
• Mar 6, 2025 · House
  Pass First Reading
• Mar 6, 2025 · House
  Referred to AGR, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 19
• Mar 7, 2025 · House
  Bill scheduled to be heard by AGR on Wednesday, 03-12-25 9:00AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• Mar 12, 2025 · House
  The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Kahaloa, Kusch, Lowen, Perruso, Quinlan; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.
• Mar 14, 2025 · House
  Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1218) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
• Mar 14, 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, Holt, Iwamoto, Ward excused (4).
• Mar 17, 2025 · House
  Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 03-19-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• Mar 19, 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.
• Mar 21, 2025 · House
  Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1449) as amended in HD 2, recommending referral to FIN.
• Mar 21, 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, Garrett, Kapela, Kitagawa, Ward excused (5).
• Mar 25, 2025 · House
  Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 03-28-25 3:30PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• Mar 28, 2025 · House
  The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Hussey, Ward.
• Apr 4, 2025 · House
  Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1998) as amended in HD 3, recommending passage on Third Reading.
• Apr 4, 2025 · House
  Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-08-25.
• Apr 8, 2025 · House
  Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 3 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (3) and Representative(s) Cochran, Marten excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.
• Apr 10, 2025 · Senate
  Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 656).
• Apr 10, 2025 · Senate
  Senate disagrees with House amendments.
• Apr 10, 2025 · House
  Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 779).
• Apr 15, 2025 · Senate
  Senate Conferees Appointed: Gabbard Chair; Elefante, DeCoite, Rhoads Co-Chairs; Richards, Awa.
• Apr 15, 2025 · House
  Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 789).
• Dec 8, 2025 · Legislature
  Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
• Mar 20, 2026 · Senate
  Senate Conferee(s) discharged.
• Mar 20, 2026 · House
  Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 409).