--- type: "Bill" title: "RELATING TO THE CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT CENTRAL REGISTRY." description: "Clarifies that a confirmed report of child abuse or neglect, harm, or threatened harm will result in the perpetrator's name being maintained in the central registry. Clarifies when a person's name may be expunged from the central registry and establishes a process for expungement upon request. Takes effect 7/1/2025. (SD2)" jurisdiction: "us/states/hi" legislature: "Hawaii Legislature" session: "2024" identifier: "HB 2425" citation: "Hawaii HB 2425 (2024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Central Registry", "Child Abuse and Neglect", "Expungement", "Harm or Threatened Harm"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["SAIKI"] version_count: 5 action_count: 35 vote_count: 4 first_action: "2024-01-22" last_action: "2024-07-02" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d2d4136-d85e-4ea1-ba3e-d8b0ef273beb" source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2425&year=2024" source_hash: "b0affdcf1650a39f0797d16fd3967aac6b76abfb3d2ee65f089afdb36b7cfcec" 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 2425 (2024) — RELATING TO THE CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT CENTRAL REGISTRY. Clarifies that a confirmed report of child abuse or neglect, harm, or threatened harm will result in the perpetrator's name being maintained in the central registry. Clarifies when a person's name may be expunged from the central registry and establishes a process for expungement upon request. Takes effect 7/1/2025. (SD2) ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **HB2425** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB2425_.HTM) 2. **HB2425_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB2425_HD1_.HTM) 3. **HB2425_HD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB2425_HD2_.HTM) 4. **HB2425_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB2425_SD1_.HTM) 5. **HB2425_SD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB2425_SD2_.HTM) ## Votes - The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **8–0** (pass) · lower - Reconsider: The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **15–0** (pass) · lower - The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper - Reconsider: The committee(s) on JDC 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. - **2024-07-02** Act 147, 07/01/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1248). `became-law` - **2024-07-02** Act 147, on 07/01/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1248). `became-law` - **2024-04-18** Transmitted to Governor. - **2024-04-19** Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 772). `receipt` - **2024-04-18** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Garcia excused (1). `passage` - **2024-04-18** House agrees to Senate amendment(s). - **2024-04-18** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 763). `receipt` - **2024-04-17** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-11-24. - **2024-04-12** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 731). `receipt` - **2024-04-11** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). `amendment-failure` - **2024-04-09** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 607) in amended form (SD 2). - **2024-04-09** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Ihara). Transmitted to House. `passage` - **2024-04-05** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-09-24. - **2024-04-05** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3726) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). - **2024-04-04** 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, Gabbard, Elefante, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-03-27** The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 04-04-24 10:00AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference. - **2024-03-21** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. `reading-2, referral-committee` - **2024-03-21** Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3202) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC. - **2024-03-18** The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Aquino, Keohokalole, Shimabukuro; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-03-12** The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 03-18-24 1:00PM; CR 225 & Videoconference. - **2024-03-07** Referred to HHS, JDC. `referral-committee` - **2024-03-07** Passed First Reading. `reading-1` - **2024-03-07** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 375). `introduction, receipt` - **2024-03-05** Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Martinez, Woodson excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. `passage` - **2024-03-01** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-05-24. - **2024-03-01** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 939-24) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading. - **2024-02-27** The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kila, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Nishimoto, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Alcos, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-02-23** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 02-27-24 12:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. - **2024-02-06** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Kapela, Nakashima, Ward excused (3). `reading-2, referral-committee` - **2024-02-06** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 93-24) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN. - **2024-02-01** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Evslin, Ganaden, Ilagan, Kong, Miyake, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Holt, Ichiyama. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-01-30** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 02-01-24 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. - **2024-01-26** Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 3 `referral-committee` - **2024-01-24** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1` - **2024-01-22** Pending introduction. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d2d4136-d85e-4ea1-ba3e-d8b0ef273beb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).