---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS."
description: "Requires law enforcement agencies and the Law Enforcement Standards Board to consult the National Decertification Index and report certain information related to a law enforcement officer's certification status to the Index. Takes effect 7/1/2026. (SD2)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1611"
citation: "Hawaii HB 1611 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Law Enforcement Standards Board", "National Decertification Index", "Police"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["AMATO", "COCHRAN", "EVSLIN", "GANADEN", "KAPELA", "MARTEN", "MATAYOSHI", "NAKASHIMA", "NISHIMOTO", "ONISHI", "PERRUSO", "SOUZA", "TAKAYAMA", "TAM", "TARNAS"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 36
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-16"
last_action: "2024-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26b35dc4-a47b-4b37-8af8-885d0ce20ee2"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1611&year=2024"
source_hash: "3706f13f60239a01bd5ac19a25fe2e097ae42a58a5c1ed382fc678bbb16cf5ba"
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 1611 (2024) — RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

Requires law enforcement agencies and the Law Enforcement Standards Board to consult the National Decertification Index and report certain information related to a law enforcement officer's certification status to the Index. Takes effect 7/1/2026. (SD2)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB1611** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB1611_.HTM)
2. **HB1611_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB1611_HD1_.HTM)
3. **HB1611_HD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB1611_HD2_.HTM)
4. **HB1611_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB1611_SD1_.HTM)
5. **HB1611_SD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB1611_SD2_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee on LGO recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Reconsider: The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Reconsider: The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- AMATO — primary (person)
- COCHRAN — primary (person)
- EVSLIN — primary (person)
- GANADEN — primary (person)
- KAPELA — primary (person)
- MARTEN — primary (person)
- MATAYOSHI — primary (person)
- NAKASHIMA — primary (person)
- NISHIMOTO — primary (person)
- ONISHI — primary (person)
- PERRUSO — primary (person)
- SOUZA — primary (person)
- TAKAYAMA — primary (person)
- TAM — primary (person)
- TARNAS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-07-09** Act 246, 07/09/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1351). `became-law`
- **2024-07-09** Act 246, on 07/09/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1351). `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; Representative(s) Alcos, Pierick voting no (2) 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. 506) 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, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2024-04-05** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-09-24.
- **2024-04-05** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3683) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
- **2024-04-02** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Elefante; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Awa. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-27** The committee(s) on JDC deferred the measure until 04-02-24 10:01AM; CR 016. `deferral`
- **2024-03-21** The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-27-24 9:45AM; CR 016 & Videoconference.
- **2024-03-14** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-14** Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3080) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
- **2024-03-11** The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in PSM were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Elefante, Fukunaga, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-08** The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-11-24 3:00PM; CR 225 & Videoconference.
- **2024-03-07** Referred to PSM, JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-07** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-03-07** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 196). `introduction, receipt`
- **2024-03-05** Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Matsumoto voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Pierick voting no (2) and Representative(s) Cochran, Woodson excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-05-24.
- **2024-03-01** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 903-24) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2024-02-14** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Evslin, Ganaden, Holt, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Kong, Miyake, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Takayama. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-12** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 02-14-24 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2024-02-02** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia voting no (1) and Representative(s) Alcos, Gates, Kila, Nakashima excused (4). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** Reported from LGO (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 27-24) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
- **2024-01-30** The committee on LGO recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Garrett, Kapela, Martinez, Tam, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Sayama. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-26** Bill scheduled to be heard by LGO on Tuesday, 01-30-24 9:30AM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2024-01-24** Referred to LGO, JHA, referral sheet 1 `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-16** Prefiled.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/26b35dc4-a47b-4b37-8af8-885d0ce20ee2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).