---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO THE OFFENSE OF PROMOTING PORNOGRAPHY FOR MINORS."
description: "Authorizes the offense of promoting pornography for minors to be instituted by written information. (HD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 994"
citation: "Hawaii HB 994 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Penal Code", "Promoting Pornography for Minors", "Written Information"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["NAKAMURA"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-21"
last_action: "2025-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/755f2eb7-0e5e-4930-89ba-2eb4841b7284"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=994&year=2025"
source_hash: "d7c79657e342120ae7ac71fb739e0b1d80f5b65df9dd06af2ffadc9d8f138749"
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 994 (2025) — RELATING TO THE OFFENSE OF PROMOTING PORNOGRAPHY FOR MINORS.

Authorizes the offense of promoting pornography for minors to be instituted by written information. (HD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB994** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB994_.HTM)
2. **HB994_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/HB994_HD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Third Reading. — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- NAKAMURA — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-11** Act 009, on 04/10/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1109). `became-law`
- **2025-04-11** Act 009, 04/10/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1109). `became-law`
- **2025-03-28** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2025-03-28** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 406).
- **2025-03-28** Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Lee, C.). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2025-03-27** One Day Notice 03-28-25.
- **2025-03-27** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1367) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2025-03-18** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 03-18-25 9:45AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
- **2025-03-06** Referred to JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-06** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 318). `introduction, receipt`
- **2025-03-04** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2025-02-27** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick, Templo, Ward excused (4).
- **2025-02-27** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 813) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2025-02-19** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. 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.
- **2025-01-23** Referred to 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/755f2eb7-0e5e-4930-89ba-2eb4841b7284`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).