---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO CRIMES AGAINST PROTECTIVE SERVICES WORKERS."
description: "Specifies that intentionally or knowingly causing bodily injury to a protective services worker who is engaged in the performance of the worker's duties constitutes the class C felony offense of assault in the second degree. Clarifies that a protective services worker is a public servant for the purposes of terroristic threatening in the first degree. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1098"
citation: "Hawaii HB 1098 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Human Services", "Physical Harm", "Protective Services Workers", "Threats"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["NAKAMURA"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 45
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-01-21"
last_action: "2025-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/956caaf6-9aca-4c38-9a8a-7a902ac710be"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1098&year=2025"
source_hash: "8e27b5ede96592cfb2422a213380b0fda6838c06fce9199886865d4c6044885b"
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 1098 (2025) — RELATING TO CRIMES AGAINST PROTECTIVE SERVICES WORKERS.

Specifies that intentionally or knowingly causing bodily injury to a protective services worker who is engaged in the performance of the worker's duties constitutes the class C felony offense of assault in the second degree. Clarifies that a protective services worker is a public servant for the purposes of terroristic threatening in the first degree. (CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB1098** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB1098_.HTM)
2. **HB1098_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB1098_CD1_.HTM)
3. **HB1098_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB1098_HD1_.HTM)
4. **HB1098_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB1098_SD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). — **23–2** (pass) · upper
- 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, UNAMENDED. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. — **24–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- NAKAMURA — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-30** Act 142, on 05/30/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1242). `became-law`
- **2025-05-30** Act 142, 05/30/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1242). `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 Representative(s) Iwamoto voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Muraoka voting no (2) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte). 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. 7).
- **2025-04-24** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-30-25.
- **2025-04-24** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 7) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2025-04-22** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Marten, Tarnas, Amato, Olds, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- **2025-04-22** 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) Hashimoto, Chang, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-21** Bill scheduled for Conference Committee Meeting on Tuesday, 04-22-25 1:30PM in conference room 329.
- **2025-04-16** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 810). `receipt`
- **2025-04-16** Senate Conferees Appointed: Hashimoto Chair; Chang Co-Chair; Fevella.
- **2025-04-15** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 732). `receipt`
- **2025-04-14** House Conferees Appointed: Marten, Tarnas Co-Chairs; Amato, Olds, Alcos.
- **2025-04-11** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 704). `receipt`
- **2025-04-10** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-08** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 729) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2025-04-08** Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2025-04-04** One Day Notice 04-08-25.
- **2025-04-04** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1739) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
- **2025-03-28** 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, Chang, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-25** The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-28-25 10:02AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
- **2025-03-21** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-21** Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1277) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
- **2025-03-19** The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Aquino, Hashimoto, Keohokalole; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-18** Public notice requirement waived pursuant to Senate Rule 21.
- **2025-03-18** The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 03-19-25 1:10PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
- **2025-03-04** Referred to HHS, JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-28** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 69). `introduction, receipt`
- **2025-02-27** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Iwamoto voting no (1) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2025-02-27** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 892), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2025-02-19** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 10 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-14** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 02-19-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2025-02-10** 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) Belatti, Cochran, Kila, Ward excused (4). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10** Reported from HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 262) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
- **2025-02-04** The committee on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Marten, Olds, Amato, Chun, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Takayama, Takenouchi, Alcos, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-31** Bill scheduled to be heard by HSH on Tuesday, 02-04-25 9:30AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2025-01-23** Referred to HSH, JHA, referral sheet 3 `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-23** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-01-21** Pending introduction.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/956caaf6-9aca-4c38-9a8a-7a902ac710be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).