---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO SEXUAL ABUSE OF MINORS."
description: "Expands the time period by which a civil action for childhood sexual abuse committed on or after July 1, 2024, may be initiated. Authorizes a court to require personnel of legal entities to undergo training on trauma-informed response. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 2601"
citation: "Hawaii SB 2601 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Action", "Minors", "Sexual Abuse", "Statute of Limitations", "Trauma-Informed Response"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["CHANG", "DECOITE", "FEVELLA", "FUKUNAGA", "GABBARD", "KIDANI", "LEE", "MCKELVEY"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-19"
last_action: "2024-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b004be7-25f0-4b91-b148-86d4abf535d6"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=2601&year=2024"
source_hash: "7bc31d7caf8edb43f7f7573319e4d648c177808d8af929b40257642c45b666ff"
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 2601 (2024) — RELATING TO SEXUAL ABUSE OF MINORS.

Expands the time period by which a civil action for childhood sexual abuse committed on or after July 1, 2024, may be initiated. Authorizes a court to require personnel of legal entities to undergo training on trauma-informed response. (CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB2601** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB2601_.HTM)
2. **SB2601_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB2601_CD1_.HTM)
3. **SB2601_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB2601_HD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **3–1** (pass) · upper
- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **2–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- CHANG — primary (person)
- DECOITE — primary (person)
- FEVELLA — primary (person)
- FUKUNAGA — primary (person)
- GABBARD — primary (person)
- KIDANI — primary (person)
- LEE — primary (person)
- MCKELVEY — primary (person)
- Ihara — cosponsor (person)
- Wakai — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-07-09** Act 250, 07/09/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1355). `became-law`
- **2024-07-09** Act 250, on 07/09/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1355). `became-law`
- **2024-05-02** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-03** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830). `receipt`
- **2024-05-01** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 798). `receipt`
- **2024-05-01** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). `passage`
- **2024-05-01** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fevella, Inouye, Kim, McKelvey, Moriwaki, San Buenaventura. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). `passage`
- **2024-04-26** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-01-24.
- **2024-04-26** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 113-24) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2024-04-26** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-24.
- **2024-04-26** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 113-24).
- **2024-04-25** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Nishimoto, Holt, Ichiyama, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- **2024-04-25** The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-24** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-24 1:45PM; CR 325.
- **2024-04-23** Conference Committee Meeting will reconvene on Wednesday 04-24-24 2:15PM in conference room 325.
- **2024-04-23** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 803). `receipt`
- **2024-04-22** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-23-24 5:00PM; Conference Room 325.
- **2024-04-22** House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas, Nishimoto Co-Chairs; Holt, Ichiyama, Souza.
- **2024-04-19** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 722). `receipt`
- **2024-04-19** Senate Conferees Appointed: Rhoads Chair; Gabbard, Awa.
- **2024-04-05** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 489). `receipt`
- **2024-04-05** Senate disagrees with House amendments. `amendment-failure`
- **2024-04-05** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 572). `introduction, receipt`
- **2024-04-04** Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Kitagawa, Souza excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1763-24), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2024-03-28** The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 12 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Chun, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kila, Kobayashi, Morikawa, Nishimoto, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Alcos, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 4 Excused: Representative(s) Kitagawa, Aiu, Cochran, Lamosao. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-25** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Thursday, 03-28-24 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2024-03-19** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Garcia voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Belatti, Hashem, Kong, Sayama excused (4). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1183-24) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2024-03-12** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Evslin, Ganaden, Holt, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Kong, Miyake, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-08** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 03-12-24 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2024-03-07** Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 16 `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-03-01** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 38). `introduction, receipt`
- **2024-03-01** Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) DeCoite, Inouye, Kidani, Kim, McKelvey, Moriwaki, San Buenaventura. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Shimabukuro). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2024-02-29** One Day Notice 03-01-24.
- **2024-02-29** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2768) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2024-02-16** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Elefante, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) San Buenaventura; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-12** The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 02-16-24 9:30AM; CR 016 & Videoconference.
- **2024-01-24** Referred to JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-19** Introduced. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b004be7-25f0-4b91-b148-86d4abf535d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).