--- type: "Bill" title: "RELATING TO SENTENCING." description: "Prohibits sentencing persons who were under the age of twenty-one at the time of the offense to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. (CD1)" jurisdiction: "us/states/hi" legislature: "Hawaii Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "HB 103" citation: "Hawaii HB 103 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Life Without Parole", "Penal Code", "Persons Under Twenty-one", "Sentencing"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["GRANDINETTI", "IWAMOTO", "PERRUSO", "TAM"] version_count: 3 action_count: 38 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2025-01-13" last_action: "2025-06-03" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c813648a-1490-4086-ac74-7276ba1520f0" source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=103&year=2025" source_hash: "085ab7d3d107626821172785e6d35c38d85f3ca6596f9348d14d30763ddcca63" 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 103 (2025) — RELATING TO SENTENCING. Prohibits sentencing persons who were under the age of twenty-one at the time of the offense to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. (CD1) ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **HB103** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB103_.HTM) 2. **HB103_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB103_CD1_.HTM) 3. **HB103_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB103_SD1_.HTM) ## Votes - The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **2–1** (pass) · lower - The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–1** (pass) · upper - The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper - Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). — **22–3** (pass) · upper - The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **7–2** (pass) · lower - Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). — **22–3** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - GRANDINETTI — primary (person) - IWAMOTO — primary (person) - PERRUSO — primary (person) - TAM — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-06-03** Act 152, on 06/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1252). `became-law` - **2025-06-03** Act 152, 06/03/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1252). `became-law` - **2025-05-01** Transmitted to Governor. - **2025-05-02** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 821). `receipt` - **2025-05-01** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 888). `receipt` - **2025-04-30** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Kong, Muraoka, Pierick, Shimizu voting no (5) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). `passage` - **2025-04-30** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Aquino, Elefante. Noes, 3 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte, Fevella). Excused, 0 (none). `passage` - **2025-04-24** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 04-30-25 - **2025-04-24** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 54). - **2025-04-24** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-30-25. - **2025-04-24** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 54) as amended in (CD 1). - **2025-04-23** The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Chang, Gabbard; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-04-23** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 2 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Shimizu; and 0 Excused: none. - **2025-04-23** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 800). `receipt` - **2025-04-22** Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Wednesday, 04-23-25 2:10PM in conference room 325. - **2025-04-22** House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas Chair; Poepoe, Shimizu. - **2025-04-21** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 850). `receipt` - **2025-04-21** Senate Conferees Appointed: Rhoads Chair; Chang, Gabbard. - **2025-03-19** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 383). `receipt` - **2025-03-18** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). `amendment-failure` - **2025-03-17** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 395) in amended form (SD 1). - **2025-03-17** Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Aquino, Elefante, McKelvey . Noes, 3 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte, Fevella). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage` - **2025-03-14** 48 Hrs. Notice 03-17-25. - **2025-03-14** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1). `reading-2, referral-committee` - **2025-03-14** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1080) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading. - **2025-03-11** 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) Rhoads, Gabbard, Chang, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-03-07** The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 03-11-25 9:45AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference. - **2025-03-04** Referred to JDC. `referral-committee` - **2025-03-04** Passed First Reading. `reading-1` - **2025-03-04** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 81). `introduction, receipt` - **2025-02-28** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Shimizu voting no (4) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4). Transmitted to Senate. `passage` - **2025-02-27** Passed Second Reading; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with Representative(s) Amato, Kong, Matsumoto, Reyes Oda voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka, Shimizu voting no (3) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4). - **2025-02-27** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 807), recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading. - **2025-02-07** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd; Ayes with reservations: none; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Garcia, Shimizu; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, Cochran. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-02-04** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Friday, 02-07-25 2:05PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. - **2025-01-21** Referred to JHA, referral sheet 1 `referral-committee` - **2025-01-16** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1` - **2025-01-13** Prefiled. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c813648a-1490-4086-ac74-7276ba1520f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).