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+type: "Bill"
+title: "RELATING TO TIME LIMITATIONS."
+description: "Defines the term \"public servant\" in section 701-108, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to clarify the scope and applicability of provisions related to the time limitations to bring prosecution based on misconduct in office. (SD2)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
+legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
+session: "2023 Regular Session"
+identifier: "HB 983"
+citation: "Hawaii HB 983 (2023 Regular Session)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Criminal Proceedings", "Government", "Public Servant", "Time Limitations"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["SAIKI"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 31
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-01-23"
+last_action: "2023-06-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cea9717f-f074-4bae-aff4-affdb47dc6ee"
+source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=983&year=2023"
+source_hash: "bcf000ab9a5748c245f14cd6dadbbc8f9d544945a5ee09047dac911a9bccf8c8"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-hi"]
+---
+
+# Hawaii HB 983 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO TIME LIMITATIONS.
+
+Defines the term "public servant" in section 701-108, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to clarify the scope and applicability of provisions related to the time limitations to bring prosecution based on misconduct in office. (SD2)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB983** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB983_.HTM)
+2. **HB983_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB983_SD1_.HTM)
+3. **HB983_SD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB983_SD2_.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reconsider: The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–1** (pass) · upper
+- Reconsider: The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
+- The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- SAIKI — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-06-23** Act 124, 06/23/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1225). `became-law`
+- **2023-06-23** Act 124, on 06/23/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1225). `became-law`
+- **2023-04-28** Transmitted to Governor.
+- **2023-04-28** Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 890). `receipt`
+- **2023-04-27** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ganaden excused (1). `passage`
+- **2023-04-27** House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
+- **2023-04-27** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 874). `receipt`
+- **2023-04-25** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-13-23.
+- **2023-04-14** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 800). `receipt`
+- **2023-04-13** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). `amendment-failure`
+- **2023-04-11** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 804) in amended form (SD 2).
+- **2023-04-11** Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Keohokalole). Transmitted to House. `passage`
+- **2023-04-06** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-11-23.
+- **2023-04-06** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1823) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
+- **2023-04-05** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Elefante; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) San Buenaventura. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-31** The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-05-23 9:45AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
+- **2023-03-22** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. `reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-22** Reported from LBT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1229) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
+- **2023-03-15** The committee(s) on LBT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in LBT were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Moriwaki, Lee, Keith-Agaran, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Ihara. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-10** The committee(s) on LBT has scheduled a public hearing on 03-15-23 3:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
+- **2023-03-09** Referred to LBT, JDC. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-07** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-07** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 190). `introduction, receipt`
+- **2023-03-03** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Alcos, Matayoshi excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
+- **2023-03-02** Passed Second Reading; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
+- **2023-03-02** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 798), recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
+- **2023-02-17** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Ganaden, Holt, Hashimoto, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Mizuno, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kong. `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-02-15** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Friday, 02-17-23 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
+- **2023-01-30** Referred to JHA, referral sheet 3 `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-25** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-01-23** Pending introduction.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cea9717f-f074-4bae-aff4-affdb47dc6ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).
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