republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2020-regular-session/hb-1942.md

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Bill	RELATING TO CHILD ABUSE REPORTING.	Adds members of the clergy, commercial computer technicians, and commercial film, and photographic print or image processors to the categories of persons who are required to report child abuse and neglect to DHS or police. Provides a "safe harbor" through February 28, 2021, for reporting by clergy of known or suspected child abuse that was previously unreported. (SD2)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2020 Regular Session	HB 1942	Hawaii HB 1942 (2020 Regular Session)	bill	Department of Human Services Child Abuse and Neglect Mandatory Reporting	enacted	ICHIYAMA	5	37	4	2020-01-17	2020-09-15	openstates	ocd-bill/1ae19694-7fb6-4bf4-8fce-6bf687649e1d	http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives8-12.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=1942&year=2020	9b895b1584e6fba5e0a8765678f016ad3c2c1822a71870076c53805299eb9c1b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 1942 (2020 Regular Session) — RELATING TO CHILD ABUSE REPORTING.

Adds members of the clergy, commercial computer technicians, and commercial film, and photographic print or image processors to the categories of persons who are required to report child abuse and neglect to DHS or police. Provides a "safe harbor" through February 28, 2021, for reporting by clergy of known or suspected child abuse that was previously unreported. (SD2)

Version chain

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

1. HB1942 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB1942_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB1942_HD2 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB1942_SD1 (committee substitute) — source
5. HB1942_SD2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on HMS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–2 (pass) · upper
• The committees on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 7–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• ICHIYAMA — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-17 Pending introduction.
• 2020-01-21 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
• 2020-01-23 Referred to HSH, JUD, FIN, referral sheet 4 referral-committee
• 2020-01-24 Bill scheduled to be heard by HSH on Wednesday, 01-29-20 8:30AM in House conference room 329.
• 2020-01-29 The committees on HSH recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) San Buenaventura, Nakamura, Belatti, B. Kobayashi, Mizuno, Tokioka, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Say. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-04 Reported from HSH (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 41-20) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JUD.
• 2020-02-04 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JUD with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2020-02-11 Re-referred to HSH, JUD, referral sheet 27 referral-committee
• 2020-02-21 Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Tuesday, 02-25-20 2:00PM in House conference room 325.
• 2020-02-25 The committee(s) on JUD recommend(s) that the measure be deferred until 02-26-20 at 2:00pm.
• 2020-02-25 Bill scheduled for decision making on Wednesday, 02-26-20 2:00PM in conference room 325.
• 2020-02-26 The committees on JUD recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) C. Lee, San Buenaventura, Brower, Lowen, Nakashima, Perruso, Say, Takayama, Thielen; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Creagan, McKelvey, Yamane. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-28 Reported from JUD (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 988-20) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2020-02-28 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-03-20.
• 2020-03-03 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Creagan, Eli excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2020-03-05 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 306). introduction
• 2020-03-05 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2020-03-05 Referred to HMS, JDC. referral-committee
• 2020-03-11 The committee(s) on HMS has scheduled a public hearing on 03-16-20 3:10PM in conference room 016.
• 2020-03-16 The hearing on this measure has been cancelled until further notice.
• 2020-06-19 The committee(s) on HMS has scheduled a public hearing on 06-22-20 3:25PM in conference room 016.
• 2020-06-22 The committee(s) on HMS deferred the measure until 06-24-20 3:05PM in conference room 016.
• 2020-06-24 The committee(s) on HMS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HMS were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Ruderman, K. Rhoads; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Ihara ; 2 No(es): Senator(s) Riviere, Fevella; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-26 Reported from HMS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3676) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
• 2020-06-26 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC.
• 2020-06-26 The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 06-30-20 9:46AM in conference room 016.
• 2020-06-30 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) K. Rhoads, J.Keohokalole, Gabbard, Kim, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-07-02 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3771) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
• 2020-07-02 48 Hrs. Notice 07-06-20.
• 2020-07-06 Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2020-07-06 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 582) in amended form (SD 2).
• 2020-07-08 Received notice of House intent to agree to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 421).
• 2020-07-10 House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
• 2020-07-10 Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ohno excused (1).
• 2020-07-10 Transmitted to Governor.
• 2020-09-15 Act 035, 09/15/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1140). executive-signature
• 2020-09-15 Act 035, on 09/15/2020 (Gov. Msg. No. 1140). executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1ae19694-7fb6-4bf4-8fce-6bf687649e1d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).