---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO CHILD CUSTODY."
description: "Requires certain individuals attempting to serve as child custody evaluators to complete a training course on the dynamics of domestic violence every three years. Requires individuals to submit a letter or certificate of completion to the family court. (SD2)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2023 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 581"
citation: "Hawaii HB 581 (2023 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child Custody Evaluators", "Family Court", "Judiciary", "Training"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["AMATO", "BELATTI", "COCHRAN", "HUSSEY-BURDICK", "ICHIYAMA", "KAPELA", "KITAGAWA", "LAMOSAO", "LOWEN", "MARTEN", "MARTINEZ", "MATSUMOTO", "MORIKAWA", "PERRUSO", "POEPOE", "TAKENOUCHI"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/855561c7-493b-444e-82b5-1863f37dce88"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=581&year=2023"
source_hash: "42f8dc4a2a89594c1214c54604aad0e41f45bc288f870de423d8dd499f7d81de"
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 581 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO CHILD CUSTODY.

Requires certain individuals attempting to serve as child custody evaluators to complete a training course on the dynamics of domestic violence every three years. Requires individuals to submit a letter or certificate of completion to the family court. (SD2)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB581** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB581_.HTM)
2. **HB581_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB581_HD1_.HTM)
3. **HB581_HD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB581_HD2_.HTM)
4. **HB581_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB581_SD1_.HTM)
5. **HB581_SD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB581_SD2_.HTM)

## Votes

- Reconsider: The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Reconsider: The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee on HUS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- AMATO — primary (person)
- BELATTI — primary (person)
- COCHRAN — primary (person)
- HUSSEY-BURDICK — primary (person)
- ICHIYAMA — primary (person)
- KAPELA — primary (person)
- KITAGAWA — primary (person)
- LAMOSAO — primary (person)
- LOWEN — primary (person)
- MARTEN — primary (person)
- MARTINEZ — primary (person)
- MATSUMOTO — primary (person)
- MORIKAWA — primary (person)
- PERRUSO — primary (person)
- POEPOE — primary (person)
- TAKENOUCHI — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-14** Act 085, 06/14/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1186). `became-law`
- **2023-06-14** Act 085, on 06/14/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1186). `became-law`
- **2023-04-28** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2023-04-28** Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 890). `receipt`
- **2023-04-27** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ganaden excused (1). `passage`
- **2023-04-27** House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
- **2023-04-27** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 874). `receipt`
- **2023-04-25** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-13-23.
- **2023-04-24** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 975). `receipt`
- **2023-04-24** Senate Conferees Appointed: Shimabukuro Chair; Elefante Co-Chair; Moriwaki.
- **2023-04-14** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 800). `receipt`
- **2023-04-13** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-11** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 756) in amended form (SD 2).
- **2023-04-11** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Keohokalole). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2023-04-06** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-11-23.
- **2023-04-06** Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1730) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
- **2023-03-30** The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Elefante, San Buenaventura, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-24** The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 03-30-23 9:35AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
- **2023-03-23** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1292) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
- **2023-03-17** The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Aquino, Moriwaki, Shimabukuro, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 03-17-23 1:00PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
- **2023-03-10** Referred to HHS, JDC. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 309). `introduction, receipt`
- **2023-03-07** Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2023-03-03** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-07-23.
- **2023-03-03** Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1088) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2023-02-24** The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Ganaden, Hashimoto, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Kong, Mizuno, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Holt. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Friday, 02-24-23 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2023-02-16** 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) Todd excused (1). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Reported from HUS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 512) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
- **2023-02-09** The committee on HUS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Mizuno, Amato, Belatti, Ilagan, Kobayashi, Takenouchi, Nishimoto, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-06** Bill scheduled to be heard by HUS on Thursday, 02-09-23 9:00AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2023-01-30** Re-referred to HUS, JHA, referral sheet 3 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-27** Referred to HLT, JHA, referral sheet 2 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-20** Pending introduction.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/855561c7-493b-444e-82b5-1863f37dce88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).