--- type: "Bill" title: "RELATING TO ANGER MANAGEMENT." description: "Requires certain criminal offenders to be ordered by a court to complete an assessment and either a domestic violence intervention or anger management course as part of their sentence. (HD2)" jurisdiction: "us/states/hi" legislature: "Hawaii Legislature" session: "2023 Regular Session" identifier: "HB 1344" citation: "Hawaii HB 1344 (2023 Regular Session)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Anger Management", "Assessments", "Criminal Penalties", "Domestic Violence Intervention"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["TAKAYAMA"] version_count: 3 action_count: 24 vote_count: 3 first_action: "2023-01-25" last_action: "2023-04-20" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5d6c998-27f4-41c3-90fa-9a58a228294d" source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1344&year=2023" source_hash: "d5dcc9c7ffad4af1b8de7cf69d9901ee224a5b4802a88d88175e1b2168bac16e" 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 1344 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO ANGER MANAGEMENT. Requires certain criminal offenders to be ordered by a court to complete an assessment and either a domestic violence intervention or anger management course as part of their sentence. (HD2) ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **HB1344** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB1344_.HTM) 2. **HB1344_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB1344_HD1_.HTM) 3. **HB1344_HD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB1344_HD2_.HTM) ## Votes - The committee on HUS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **7–0** (pass) · lower - The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **4–0** (pass) · upper - The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **10–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - TAKAYAMA — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-04-20** Act 023, 04/19/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1123). `became-law` - **2023-04-19** Act 023, on 04/19/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1123). `became-law` - **2023-04-05** Transmitted to Governor. - **2023-04-05** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 657). - **2023-04-05** Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage` - **2023-04-04** One Day Notice 04-05-23. - **2023-04-04** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading. `reading-2, referral-committee` - **2023-04-04** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1610) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading. - **2023-03-17** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Elefante, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-03-13** The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 03-17-23 10:00AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference. - **2023-03-10** Referred to JDC. `referral-committee` - **2023-03-09** Passed First Reading. `reading-1` - **2023-03-09** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 434). `introduction, receipt` - **2023-03-07** Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. `passage` - **2023-03-03** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-07-23. - **2023-03-03** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1061) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading. - **2023-03-02** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Ganaden, Holt, Hashimoto, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Kong, Mizuno, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-02-28** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 03-02-23 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. - **2023-02-17** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Marten excused (1). `reading-2, referral-committee` - **2023-02-17** Reported from HUS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 598) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA. - **2023-02-14** The committee on HUS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Mizuno, Amato, Belatti, Ilagan, Kobayashi, Takenouchi, Nishimoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Garcia. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-02-10** Bill scheduled to be heard by HUS on Tuesday, 02-14-23 9:30AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. - **2023-01-30** Referred to HUS, JHA, referral sheet 3 `referral-committee` - **2023-01-25** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5d6c998-27f4-41c3-90fa-9a58a228294d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).