--- type: "Bill" title: "RELATING TO POLICE REPORTS." description: "Allows surviving immediate family members of deceased persons for whom law enforcement initiated an investigation to receive a copy of the closing report prepared by the investigating police department after a specified period of time. (SD2)" jurisdiction: "us/states/hi" legislature: "Hawaii Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "SB 112" citation: "Hawaii SB 112 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Access", "Investigation", "Police Department", "Police Reports"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["C.", "CHANG", "HASHIMOTO", "LEE", "RHOADS"] version_count: 3 action_count: 27 vote_count: 4 first_action: "2025-01-09" last_action: "2025-04-11" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a2689a9-c38f-477c-b01f-a0ccee9b5ca9" source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=112&year=2025" source_hash: "eecef98a1891e9527af330e8afcc9c035feaf1c7e20cd09bdf448c6b883b7e91" 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 112 (2025) — RELATING TO POLICE REPORTS. Allows surviving immediate family members of deceased persons for whom law enforcement initiated an investigation to receive a copy of the closing report prepared by the investigating police department after a specified period of time. (SD2) ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **SB112** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB112_.HTM) 2. **SB112_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB112_SD1_.HTM) 3. **SB112_SD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB112_SD2_.HTM) ## Votes - Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). — **23–2** (pass) · upper - The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper - The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–1** (pass) · upper - The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **7–2** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - C. — primary (person) - CHANG — primary (person) - HASHIMOTO — primary (person) - LEE — primary (person) - RHOADS — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-04-11** Act 017, on 04/10/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1117). `became-law` - **2025-04-11** Act 017, 04/10/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1117). `became-law` - **2025-03-28** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt` - **2025-03-28** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 410). `introduction, receipt` - **2025-03-28** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Lamosao, Matsumoto, Pierick, Reyes Oda, Shimizu voting no (7) and Representative(s) Cochran, Hussey, Muraoka, Ward excused (4). Transmitted to Senate. `passage` - **2025-03-27** Passed Second Reading; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with Representative(s) Reyes Oda voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Pierick, Shimizu voting no (3) and Representative(s) Hussey, Templo, Ward excused (3). - **2025-03-27** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1656), recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading. - **2025-03-20** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd; Ayes with reservations: none; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Garcia, Shimizu; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Hashem. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-03-18** Bill scheduled for decision making on Thursday, 03-20-25 2:00PM in conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. - **2025-03-13** The committee(s) on JHA recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 03-20-25. `deferral` - **2025-03-11** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 03-13-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE. - **2025-03-06** Referred to JHA, referral sheet 19 `referral-committee` - **2025-03-06** Pass First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-03-04** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 87) in amended form (SD 2). `introduction, receipt` - **2025-03-04** Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, DeCorte). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage` - **2025-02-27** 48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25. - **2025-02-27** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 732) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). - **2025-02-12** 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, Gabbard, Chang; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Awa. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-02-11** The committee(s) on JDC deferred the measure until 02-12-25 9:50AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference. `deferral` - **2025-02-07** The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-11-25 10:00AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference. - **2025-02-05** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. `reading-2, referral-committee` - **2025-02-05** Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 35) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC. - **2025-01-24** 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, Fukunaga, Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) DeCorte; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-01-21** The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 01-24-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference. - **2025-01-16** Referred to PSM, JDC. `referral-committee` - **2025-01-15** Introduced and passed First Reading. `introduction` - **2025-01-09** Pending Introduction. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a2689a9-c38f-477c-b01f-a0ccee9b5ca9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).