---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO IDENTIFICATION."
description: "Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to assist inmates with obtaining civil identification cards and other identification documents within a certain time. (HD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 224"
citation: "Hawaii SB 224 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DCR", "Departmental Assistance", "Identification Documents", "Offender Reentry"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["AQUINO", "CHANG", "ELEFANTE", "KANUHA", "MCKELVEY", "SAN BUENAVENTURA", "WAKAI"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 40
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce782f33-cf6d-4cc7-93cf-fdd516a320a8"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=224&year=2025"
source_hash: "60c898819a85eb235afdf26115b607036722e328e2e9dc1514553af492cd71de"
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 224 (2025) — RELATING TO IDENTIFICATION.

Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to assist inmates with obtaining civil identification cards and other identification documents within a certain time. (HD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB224** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB224_.HTM)
2. **SB224_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB224_HD1_.HTM)
3. **SB224_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB224_SD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- Reconsider: The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Final Reading. — **23–0** (pass) · upper
- Reconsider: Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). — **25–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- AQUINO — primary (person)
- CHANG — primary (person)
- ELEFANTE — primary (person)
- KANUHA — primary (person)
- MCKELVEY — primary (person)
- SAN BUENAVENTURA — primary (person)
- WAKAI — primary (person)
- Fukunaga — cosponsor (person)
- Hashimoto — cosponsor (person)
- Moriwaki — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-07-01** Act 263, on 07/01/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1366). `became-law`
- **2025-07-01** Act 263, 07/01/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1366). `became-law`
- **2025-04-16** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-16** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 806). `receipt`
- **2025-04-16** Passed Final Reading. Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 2 (Senator(s) Fevella, Ihara). `passage`
- **2025-04-15** Received notice of reconsideration and Senate agreement (Sen. Com. No. 786). `receipt`
- **2025-04-15** One Day Notice 04-16-25
- **2025-04-15** Senate agrees with House amendments. Placed on the calendar for Final Reading on 04-16-25.
- **2025-04-15** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-04-25 in disagreeing to the House amendments.
- **2025-04-04** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 590). `receipt`
- **2025-04-04** Senate disagrees with House amendments. `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-04** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 460). `introduction, receipt`
- **2025-04-03** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Woodson excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1914), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2025-03-28** The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Takenouchi, Grandinetti, Holt, Keohokapu-Lee Loy, Kitagawa, Kusch, Lamosao, Lee, M., Miyake, Morikawa, Templo, Alcos, Reyes Oda; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Hussey, Ward. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-25** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 03-28-25 3:30PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2025-03-21** Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN as amended in HD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Garrett, Kapela, Kitagawa, Ward excused (5).
- **2025-03-21** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1455) as amended in HD 1, recommending referral to FIN.
- **2025-03-18** 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`
- **2025-03-14** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Tuesday, 03-18-25 2:15PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2025-03-13** Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Holt, Ward, Woodson excused (4). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13** Reported from PBS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1202), recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
- **2025-03-12** The committee on PBS recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Belatti, Iwamoto, Hashem, Ichiyama, Lamosao, Morikawa, Poepoe, Shimizu, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Woodson. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06** Bill scheduled to be heard by PBS on Wednesday, 03-12-25 10:00AM in House conference room 411 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2025-03-06** Referred to PBS, JHA, FIN, referral sheet 19 `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-04** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 110) in amended form (SD 1). `introduction, receipt`
- **2025-03-04** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2025-02-28** 48 Hrs. Notice 03-04-25.
- **2025-02-28** Reported from JDC/WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 843) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 1).
- **2025-02-19** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 13 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, DeCoite, Elefante, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, C., Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-19** 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, Chang, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-14** The committee(s) on JDC/WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-19-25 10:16AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
- **2025-02-05** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading and referred to JDC/WAM. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 33) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading and referral to JDC/WAM.
- **2025-01-27** The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in PSM were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Elefante, Wakai, Fukunaga, Rhoads, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-24** The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 01-27-25 3:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
- **2025-01-17** Referred to PSM, JDC/WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-15** Introduced and passed First Reading. `introduction`
- **2025-01-13** Pending Introduction.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce782f33-cf6d-4cc7-93cf-fdd516a320a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).