---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO DOMESTIC ABUSE."
description: "Provides that family courts may withhold from public inspection any record of a denied temporary restraining order or denied protective order; provided that these records shall remain accessible to law enforcement without a court order. (SD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2020 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 2060"
citation: "Hawaii HB 2060 (2020 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Domestic Abuse", "TRO", "Family Courts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["BELATTI", "Creagan", "ELI", "GATES", "HASHIMOTO", "ICHIYAMA", "KITAGAWA", "LOWEN", "MATAYOSHI", "MORIKAWA", "Matsumoto", "NAKAMURA", "NISHIMOTO", "OKIMOTO", "Perruso", "San Buenaventura", "TAKAYAMA", "TARNAS", "THIELEN", "WILDBERGER", "YAMASHITA"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-17"
last_action: "2020-09-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23b02264-2dd5-4387-9e75-1845d697c1db"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2060&year=2020"
source_hash: "92d0f43bd3ffb86d6a67afb78ccb0f4c2c0d265e6456abfc4f6852960021c87a"
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 2060 (2020 Regular Session) — RELATING TO DOMESTIC ABUSE.

Provides that family courts may withhold from public inspection any record of a denied temporary restraining order or denied protective order; provided that these records shall remain accessible to law enforcement without a court order. (SD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB2060** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/HB2060_.HTM)
2. **HB2060_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/HB2060_HD1_.HTM)
3. **HB2060_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2020/bills/HB2060_SD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- BELATTI — primary (person)
- Creagan — primary (person)
- ELI — primary (person)
- GATES — primary (person)
- HASHIMOTO — primary (person)
- ICHIYAMA — primary (person)
- KITAGAWA — primary (person)
- LOWEN — primary (person)
- MATAYOSHI — primary (person)
- MORIKAWA — primary (person)
- Matsumoto — primary (person)
- NAKAMURA — primary (person)
- NISHIMOTO — primary (person)
- OKIMOTO — primary (person)
- Perruso — primary (person)
- San Buenaventura — primary (person)
- TAKAYAMA — primary (person)
- TARNAS — primary (person)
- THIELEN — primary (person)
- WILDBERGER — primary (person)
- YAMASHITA — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-17** Pending introduction.
- **2020-01-21** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-01-23** Referred to JUD, referral sheet 4 `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-31** Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Tuesday, 02-04-20 2:05PM in House conference room 325.
- **2020-02-04** The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-05-20.
- **2020-02-04** Bill scheduled for decision making on Wednesday, 02-05-20 2:00PM in conference room 325.
- **2020-02-05** The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 11 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, San Buenaventura, Brower, Creagan, Lowen, McKelvey, Perruso, Say, Takayama, Yamane, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Nakashima. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-19** Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 683-20) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2020-02-19** 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) Ichiyama excused (1).
- **2020-02-27** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cabanilla Arakawa excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2020-02-28** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 57). `introduction`
- **2020-02-28** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2020-03-03** Referred to JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-13** The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 03-18-20 10:00AM in conference room 016.
- **2020-03-16** The hearing on this measure has been cancelled until further notice.
- **2020-06-19** The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 06-23-20 10:00AM in conference room 016.
- **2020-06-23** 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) K. Rhoads, Gabbard, Kim, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) J.Keohokalole. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-30** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3725) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2020-06-30** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
- **2020-06-30** 48 Hrs. Notice 07-02-20.
- **2020-07-02** Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2020-07-02** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 559) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2020-07-06** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
- **2020-07-06** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 384).
- **2020-07-08** Reconsideration of action taken on 07-06-20.
- **2020-07-08** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 420).
- **2020-07-10** House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
- **2020-07-10** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ohno excused (1).
- **2020-07-10** Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 425).
- **2020-07-10** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2020-09-15** Act 018, 09/15/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1123). `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-15** Act 018, on 09/15/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1123). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23b02264-2dd5-4387-9e75-1845d697c1db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).