---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO VEHICULAR PURSUIT."
description: "Establishes requirements related to vehicular pursuit by law enforcement agencies. Beginning 1/1/2027, requires law enforcement agencies to provide reports to the Department of the Attorney General on all vehicular pursuits. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 277"
citation: "Hawaii HB 277 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney General", "Law Enforcement Agencies", "Vehicular Pursuit Policy"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["GRANDINETTI", "KAPELA", "MARTEN", "PERRUSO", "POEPOE", "SOUZA", "TARNAS"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 46
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2025-01-16"
last_action: "2025-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ffc1daa-dec9-4e8c-af4e-074818105b23"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=277&year=2025"
source_hash: "00c90eab8d3dfce945280015f690cfbc185a213a992c6bebe5bb2623b903658c"
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 277 (2025) — RELATING TO VEHICULAR PURSUIT.

Establishes requirements related to vehicular pursuit by law enforcement agencies. Beginning 1/1/2027, requires law enforcement agencies to provide reports to the Department of the Attorney General on all vehicular pursuits. (CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB277** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB277_.HTM)
2. **HB277_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB277_CD1_.HTM)
3. **HB277_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB277_HD1_.HTM)
4. **HB277_HD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB277_HD2_.HTM)
5. **HB277_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB277_SD1_.HTM)
6. **HB277_SD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB277_SD2_.HTM)

## Votes

- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **7–2** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). — **23–2** (pass) · upper
- The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). — **22–3** (pass) · upper
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- GRANDINETTI — primary (person)
- KAPELA — primary (person)
- MARTEN — primary (person)
- PERRUSO — primary (person)
- POEPOE — primary (person)
- SOUZA — primary (person)
- TARNAS — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-06-25** Act 210, on 06/25/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1312). `became-law`
- **2025-06-25** Act 210, 06/25/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1312). `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) Alcos, Garcia, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Pierick, Reyes Oda voting no (6) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) McKelvey. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, 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. 61).
- **2025-04-24** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-30-25.
- **2025-04-24** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 61) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2025-04-24** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Tarnas, Grandinetti, Muraoka; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- **2025-04-24** 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) Lee, C., Elefante, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-23** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-24-25 10:35AM; Conference Room 329.
- **2025-04-22** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 862). `receipt`
- **2025-04-22** Senate Conferees Appointed: Lee, C. Chairs; Elefante, Rhoads Co-Chairs.
- **2025-04-15** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 732). `receipt`
- **2025-04-14** House Conferees Appointed: Kila, Tarnas Co-Chairs; Grandinetti, Muraoka.
- **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. 611) in amended form (SD 2).
- **2025-04-08** Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) DeCoite, Elefante, McKelvey. Noes, 3 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte, Fevella). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2025-04-04** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-08-25.
- **2025-04-04** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1734) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
- **2025-03-28** 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, 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 TCA/PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1307) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
- **2025-03-10** 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) Elefante, Wakai, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fukunaga ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) DeCorte; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-10** The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in TCA were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Inouye, Elefante, Kanuha; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) DeCorte; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-07** The committee(s) on TCA/PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 03-10-25 3:01PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
- **2025-03-06** Referred to TCA/PSM, JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-06** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 204). `introduction, receipt`
- **2025-03-04** Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Kong, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Shimizu voting no (6) and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2025-02-28** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-04-25.
- **2025-02-28** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1160) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2025-02-26** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Hashem, Perruso, Takayama, Todd; Ayes with reservations: none; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Garcia, Shimizu; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Kahaloa. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-21** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Wednesday, 02-26-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2025-02-11** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Matsumoto, Muraoka, Pierick voting no (5) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ward excused (2). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Reported from TRN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 379) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
- **2025-02-06** The committee on TRN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Kila, Grandinetti, Cochran, Evslin, Kitagawa, La Chica, Miyake, Muraoka; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Pierick. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-04** Bill scheduled to be heard by TRN on Thursday, 02-06-25 10:00AM in House conference room 430 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2025-01-21** Referred to TRN, JHA, referral sheet 1 `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-17** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-01-16** Pending introduction.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ffc1daa-dec9-4e8c-af4e-074818105b23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).