---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO POLICE DEPARTMENTS."
description: "Specifies that citizen administrative complaints against a police officer that involve allegations of domestic abuse by the police officer against a family or household member shall not be required to be filed as a notarized or sworn written statement. (HB2133 CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2018 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2133"
citation: "Hawaii HB 2133 (2018 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Police Departments", "Police Officers", "Citizen Administrative Complaints", "Officer-involved Domestic Violence"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BELATTI", "DECOITE", "EVANS", "FUKUMOTO", "ICHIYAMA", "LEARMONT", "LOPRESTI", "LOWEN", "LUKE", "MCKELVEY", "MIZUNO", "MORIKAWA", "Matsumoto", "NAKAMURA", "NISHIMOTO", "SAN BUENAVENTURA", "TAKAYAMA", "THIELEN", "YAMASHITA"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-19"
last_action: "2018-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5fe29a24-58e8-4fa3-9a25-bda9064b5a22"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2133&year=2018"
source_hash: "223cecf21fcd6d01f912d963dd52ec7d837c73dd6404a4395eb851567714d3c9"
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 2133 (2018 Regular Session) — RELATING TO POLICE DEPARTMENTS.

Specifies that citizen administrative complaints against a police officer that involve allegations of domestic abuse by the police officer against a family or household member shall not be required to be filed as a notarized or sworn written statement. (HB2133 CD1)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB2133** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/HB2133_.HTM)
2. **HB2133_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/HB2133_CD1_.HTM)
3. **HB2133_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/HB2133_HD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **3–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BELATTI — primary (person)
- DECOITE — primary (person)
- EVANS — primary (person)
- FUKUMOTO — primary (person)
- ICHIYAMA — primary (person)
- LEARMONT — primary (person)
- LOPRESTI — primary (person)
- LOWEN — primary (person)
- LUKE — primary (person)
- MCKELVEY — primary (person)
- MIZUNO — primary (person)
- MORIKAWA — primary (person)
- Matsumoto — primary (person)
- NAKAMURA — primary (person)
- NISHIMOTO — primary (person)
- SAN BUENAVENTURA — primary (person)
- TAKAYAMA — primary (person)
- THIELEN — primary (person)
- YAMASHITA — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-19** Pending introduction.
- **2018-01-22** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-26** Referred to JUD, referral sheet 7 `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-30** Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Thursday, 02-01-18 2:00PM in House conference room 325.
- **2018-02-01** The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Nishimoto, San Buenaventura, Brower, Takayama, McDermott, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) C. Lee, Morikawa. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-01** Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 892-18) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2018-03-01** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) McKelvey, Tokioka, Yamane excused (3).
- **2018-03-06** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Woodson excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2018-03-08** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 312). `introduction`
- **2018-03-08** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-03-08** Referred to PSM, JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-09** The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-13-18 1:30PM in conference room 229.
- **2018-03-13** The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in PSM were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Nishihara, Wakai, Baker, Ihara, L. Thielen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-19** Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2968) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to JDC.
- **2018-03-19** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDC.
- **2018-03-27** The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-29-18 9:30AM in conference room 016.
- **2018-03-29** 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) Taniguchi, K. Rhoads, Kim, L. Thielen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-03** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3383) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).
- **2018-04-03** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-05-18.
- **2018-04-05** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 3 (Senator(s) Harimoto, Inouye, Ruderman). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2018-04-05** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 488) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2018-04-06** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
- **2018-04-10** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 490).
- **2018-04-16** House Conferees Appointed: Nishimoto Chair; San Buenaventura, Thielen.
- **2018-04-16** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 609).
- **2018-04-17** Senate Conferees Appointed: Nishihara Chair; Taniguchi Co-Chair; K. Rhoads, L. Thielen.
- **2018-04-17** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 787).
- **2018-04-23** Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Tuesday, 04-24-18 2:00PM in conference room 329.
- **2018-04-24** Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-25-18 2:00PM in conference room 329.
- **2018-04-25** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Nishimoto, San Buenaventura, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- **2018-04-25** The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Nishihara, Taniguchi, K. Rhoads, L. Thielen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-26** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 58-18) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2018-04-26** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday 05-01-18.
- **2018-04-26** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 58-18).
- **2018-04-26** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-18.
- **2018-05-01** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
- **2018-05-01** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
- **2018-05-01** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 849).
- **2018-05-02** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2018-05-03** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 705).
- **2018-07-06** Act 112, on 07/05/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1213). `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-06** Act 112, 07/05/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1213). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5fe29a24-58e8-4fa3-9a25-bda9064b5a22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).