---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO SEXUAL EXPLOITATION."
description: "Establishes safe harbor protections for survivors of sexual exploitation who seek medical or law enforcement assistance. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 292"
citation: "Hawaii SB 292 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medical or Law Enforcement Assistance", "Safe Harbor Protections", "Sexual Exploitation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["AQUINO", "CHANG", "DECOITE", "FEVELLA", "GABBARD", "HASHIMOTO", "MCKELVEY", "RICHARDS", "SAN BUENAVENTURA"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 43
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/819d99cc-6932-4857-a83a-11805257993b"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=292&year=2025"
source_hash: "0d2a4a096e2840a43317e10ee746fc45378ec793cff9f57a1da2556ebf877137"
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 292 (2025) — RELATING TO SEXUAL EXPLOITATION.

Establishes safe harbor protections for survivors of sexual exploitation who seek medical or law enforcement assistance. (CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB292** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB292_.HTM)
2. **SB292_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB292_CD1_.HTM)
3. **SB292_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB292_HD1_.HTM)
4. **SB292_HD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB292_HD2_.HTM)
5. **SB292_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://data.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2025/bills/SB292_SD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **2–0** (pass) · upper
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). — **25–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- AQUINO — primary (person)
- CHANG — primary (person)
- DECOITE — primary (person)
- FEVELLA — primary (person)
- GABBARD — primary (person)
- HASHIMOTO — primary (person)
- MCKELVEY — primary (person)
- RICHARDS — primary (person)
- SAN BUENAVENTURA — primary (person)
- Fukunaga — cosponsor (person)
- Kidani — cosponsor (person)
- Moriwaki — cosponsor (person)
- Wakai — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-07-01** Act 261, on 07/01/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1364). `became-law`
- **2025-07-01** Act 261, 07/01/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1364). `became-law`
- **2025-05-02** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **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; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Pierick excused (2). `passage`
- **2025-04-30** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none. `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-30-25.
- **2025-04-24** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 23) as amended in (CD 1).
- **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. 23).
- **2025-04-22** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Marten, Poepoe, Amato, Kapela, Garcia; 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: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Awa. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-21** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-22-25 3:15PM; Conference Room 325.
- **2025-04-16** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 809). `receipt`
- **2025-04-16** Senate Conferees Appointed: Rhoads Chair; San Buenaventura, Awa.
- **2025-04-15** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 731). `receipt`
- **2025-04-14** House Conferees Appointed: Marten, Poepoe Co-Chairs; Amato, Kapela, Garcia.
- **2025-04-03** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 481). `receipt`
- **2025-04-03** Senate disagrees with House amendments. `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-03** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 433). `introduction, receipt`
- **2025-04-02** Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2025-03-31** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 04-02-25.
- **2025-03-31** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1729) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2025-03-20** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Poepoe, Belatti, Kahaloa, Perruso, Takayama, Todd, Garcia, Shimizu; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Hashem. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-18** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 03-20-25 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2025-03-13** 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) Cochran, Holt, Ward, Woodson excused (4). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13** Reported from HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1209) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
- **2025-03-11** 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; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-07** Bill scheduled to be heard by HSH on Tuesday, 03-11-25 10:00AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2025-03-06** Referred to HSH, JHA, referral sheet 19 `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-04** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 122) in amended form (SD 1). `introduction, receipt`
- **2025-03-04** 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** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 815) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2025-02-06** 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, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Gabbard, Chang. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-31** The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 02-06-25 9:15AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
- **2025-01-27** Re-Referred to JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-21** Referred to PSM/HHS, JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-15** Introduced and passed First Reading. `introduction`
- **2025-01-14** Pending Introduction.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/819d99cc-6932-4857-a83a-11805257993b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).