---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSES."
description: "Clarifies that defendants may be convicted of lesser included offenses in cases filed via felony complaint. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2018 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 2180"
citation: "Hawaii SB 2180 (2018 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Package", "Criminal Procedure", "Crimes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party)"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-19"
last_action: "2018-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9994f65-33e0-4400-9bbf-77357dc9a0d8"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2180&year=2018"
source_hash: "237dcf0e17071886d080eec7efa9eb55e044c2b1026ddc75bdf7157663f2c25e"
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 SB 2180 (2018 Regular Session) — RELATING TO LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSES.

Clarifies that defendants may be convicted of lesser included offenses in cases filed via felony complaint. (CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB2180** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/SB2180_.HTM)
2. **SB2180_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/SB2180_CD1_.HTM)
3. **SB2180_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2018/bills/SB2180_HD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- 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
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **6–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-19** Introduced. `introduction`
- **2018-01-22** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** Referred to JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-02** The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 02-06-18 9:30AM in conference room 016.
- **2018-02-06** 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, Gabbard, L. Thielen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Kim. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-09** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2161) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2018-02-09** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
- **2018-02-09** 48 Hrs. Notice 02-12-18.
- **2018-02-12** Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2018-02-12** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 11) in amended form (SD 1). `introduction`
- **2018-02-13** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-02-20** Referred to JUD, referral sheet 28 `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-12** Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Wednesday, 03-14-18 2:00PM in House conference room 325.
- **2018-03-14** 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, Morikawa, Takayama, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) C. Lee, McDermott. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-23** Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1513-18) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2018-03-23** 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) C. Lee, Lowen, McDermott, Souki, Tokioka excused (5).
- **2018-03-27** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Choy, Ichiyama, Souki, Tokioka excused (4). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2018-03-28** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 392). `introduction`
- **2018-03-28** Deferred One Day 03-29-18.
- **2018-03-29** Deferred One Day 04-02-18.
- **2018-04-02** Deferred One Day 04-03-18.
- **2018-04-03** Deferred One Day 04-04-18.
- **2018-04-04** Senate disagrees with House amendments.
- **2018-04-04** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 486).
- **2018-04-16** House Conferees Appointed: Nishimoto Chair; San Buenaventura, Thielen.
- **2018-04-16** Senate Conferees Appointed: Taniguchi Chair; K. Rhoads, L. Thielen.
- **2018-04-16** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 610).
- **2018-04-16** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 786).
- **2018-04-20** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-24-18 2:00PM in conference room 329.
- **2018-04-24** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 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 of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Taniguchi, K. Rhoads, L. Thielen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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.
- **2018-04-26** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 76-18).
- **2018-04-26** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-18.
- **2018-04-26** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 76-18) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2018-04-26** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday 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).
- **2018-05-03** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 705).
- **2018-05-03** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-07-05** Act 100, on 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1201). `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-05** Act 100, 06/29/2018 (Gov. Msg. No. 1201). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d9994f65-33e0-4400-9bbf-77357dc9a0d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).