---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO PROTECTIVE ORDERS."
description: "Expands the jurisdiction for where petitions for domestic abuse protective orders and temporary restraining orders may be filed. (HD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2023 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 1267"
citation: "Hawaii SB 1267 (2023 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Domestic Abuse", "Harassment", "Jurisdiction", "Protective Orders"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["AQUINO", "CHANG", "INOUYE", "MCKELVEY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82fffe22-9215-40fd-ac50-d7d9add43f8c"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=1267&year=2023"
source_hash: "54691de58809af7b26dc326691122d5f9c19f8676dd927de371ee65ada3d4249"
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 1267 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO PROTECTIVE ORDERS.

Expands the jurisdiction for where petitions for domestic abuse protective orders and temporary restraining orders may be filed. (HD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB1267** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB1267_.HTM)
2. **SB1267_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB1267_HD1_.HTM)
3. **SB1267_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/SB1267_SD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- Reconsider: The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Reconsider: The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- AQUINO — primary (person)
- CHANG — primary (person)
- INOUYE — primary (person)
- MCKELVEY — primary (person)
- Dela Cruz — cosponsor (person)
- Elefante — cosponsor (person)
- Keohokalole — cosponsor (person)
- Moriwaki — cosponsor (person)
- San Buenaventura — cosponsor (person)
- Wakai — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-14** Act 081, 06/14/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1182). `became-law`
- **2023-06-14** Act 081, on 06/14/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1182). `became-law`
- **2023-04-19** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-19** Received notice of reconsideration, Senate agreement, and Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 906). `receipt`
- **2023-04-19** Passed Final Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). `passage`
- **2023-04-18** One Day Notice 04-19-23.
- **2023-04-18** Senate agrees with House amendments. Placed on the calendar for Final Reading on 04-19-23.
- **2023-04-18** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-04-23 in disagreeing to the House amendments.
- **2023-04-04** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 557). `receipt`
- **2023-04-04** Senate disagrees with House amendments. `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-04** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 567). `introduction, receipt`
- **2023-04-03** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Nishimoto excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2023-03-31** Deferred one day 04-03-23. `deferral`
- **2023-03-29** 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 none excused (0).
- **2023-03-29** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1613) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2023-03-16** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Ganaden, Hashimoto, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Kong, Mizuno, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Holt. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 03-16-23 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2023-03-09** Referred to JHA, referral sheet 17 `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-07** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 400) in amended form (SD 1). `introduction, receipt`
- **2023-03-07** Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Fukunaga). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2023-03-03** 48 Hrs. Notice 03-07-23.
- **2023-03-03** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 816) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2023-02-17** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Elefante, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 02-17-23 9:35AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
- **2023-01-30** Referred to JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-25** Introduced. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/82fffe22-9215-40fd-ac50-d7d9add43f8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).