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Bill	RELATING TO SEARCH WARRANTS.	Allows courts to authorize an individual or entity other than a sheriff deputy or an officer to provide technical assistance to the deputy sheriff or officer in examining an electronic device or storage media that is the subject of a search warrant. (CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2017 Regular Session	SB 488	Hawaii SB 488 (2017 Regular Session)	bill	Honolulu Prosecuting Attorney Package Search Warrants Technical Assistance	enacted	KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party)	3	46	6	2017-01-20	2017-07-12	openstates	ocd-bill/b3acae7e-5fbe-48da-b1e0-1f0f6828a9f9	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=488&year=2017	9856f8104c1733b16e80519c72302f634d2ffc9108c364777b3b7e89144655d7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii SB 488 (2017 Regular Session) — RELATING TO SEARCH WARRANTS.

Allows courts to authorize an individual or entity other than a sheriff deputy or an officer to provide technical assistance to the deputy sheriff or officer in examining an electronic device or storage media that is the subject of a search warrant. (CD1)

Version chain

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

1. SB488 (committee substitute) — source
2. SB488_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. SB488_HD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committee(s) on ETT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–0 (pass) · legislature
• The committee(s) on JDL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 5–0 (pass) · legislature
• The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–0 (pass) · legislature
• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 3–0 (pass) · legislature
• The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 8–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). — 25–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• KOUCHI (Introduced by request of another party) — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-20 Introduced. introduction
• 2017-01-23 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2017-01-23 Referred to JDL/ETT. referral-committee
• 2017-02-17 The committee(s) on JDL/ETT has scheduled a public hearing on 02-22-17 2:00PM in conference room 414.
• 2017-02-22 The committee(s) on JDL recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDL were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keith-Agaran, K. Rhoads, Gabbard, Kim, L. Thielen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-02-22 The committee(s) on ETT recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in ETT were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Taniguchi, L. Thielen; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Baker, Galuteria. committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-03 Reported from JDL/ETT (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 705) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2017-03-03 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1).
• 2017-03-03 48 Hrs. Notice 03-07-17.
• 2017-03-07 Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2017-03-07 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 172) in amended form (SD 1). introduction
• 2017-03-09 Pass First Reading reading-1
• 2017-03-09 Referred to JUD, referral sheet 27 referral-committee
• 2017-03-13 Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Wednesday, 03-15-17 2:00PM in House conference room 325.
• 2017-03-15 The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Nishimoto, San Buenaventura, Brower, Johanson, Nakashima, Oshiro, McDermott, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Belatti, C. Lee, Morikawa. committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-24 Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1390) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2017-03-24 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) Aquino, DeCoite, Har, Ichiyama, C. Lee, Souki, Thielen, Tokioka excused (8).
• 2017-03-28 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Aquino, McDermott, McKelvey excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2017-03-29 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 378). introduction
• 2017-03-29 Deferred One Day 03-30-17.
• 2017-03-30 Deferred One Day 03-31-17.
• 2017-03-31 Deferred One Day 04-03-17.
• 2017-04-03 Deferred One Day 04-04-17.
• 2017-04-04 Deferred One Day 04-05-17.
• 2017-04-05 Senate disagrees with House amendments.
• 2017-04-06 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 514).
• 2017-04-17 House Conferees Appointed: Nishimoto Chair; San Buenaventura, McDermott.
• 2017-04-17 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 587).
• 2017-04-18 Senate Conferees Appointed: Keith-Agaran Chair; Taniguchi Co-Chair; K. Rhoads.
• 2017-04-18 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 681).
• 2017-04-20 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-21-17 10:50AM in conference room 325.
• 2017-04-24 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-25-17 10:20AM in conference room 325.
• 2017-04-25 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-17 2:00PM in conference room 325.
• 2017-04-26 The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keith-Agaran, Taniguchi, K. Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-26 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Nishimoto, San Buenaventura, McDermott; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
• 2017-04-27 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 50).
• 2017-04-27 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-02-17.
• 2017-04-27 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 50) as amended in (CD 1).
• 2017-04-27 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 05-02-17.
• 2017-05-02 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). 25 Aye(s); Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
• 2017-05-02 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
• 2017-05-03 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 737).
• 2017-05-04 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 642).
• 2017-05-04 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2017-07-12 Act 196, 07/11/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1310). executive-signature
• 2017-07-12 Act 196, on 07/11/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1310). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b3acae7e-5fbe-48da-b1e0-1f0f6828a9f9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).