republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2023-regular-session/hb-350.md

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Bill	RELATING TO CHILD ABUSE REPORTING.	Establishes that the exemption from mandatory reporting by members of the clergy does not apply when the clergy member believes that there exists a substantial risk that child abuse or neglect that is especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel, manifesting exceptional depravity, may occur in the reasonably foreseeable future. (SD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2023 Regular Session	HB 350	Hawaii HB 350 (2023 Regular Session)	bill	Child Abuse and Neglect Department of Human Services Exception Mandatory Reporting Penitential Communications	enacted	ICHIYAMA	4	37	4	2023-01-19	2023-06-14	openstates	ocd-bill/6282dd60-b072-4b84-a2d4-cfc086c2f1d6	https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=350&year=2023	bbe1f3ba6b00730bf93e932c2e4e0b33558411369ee6c87556506a83d2f4d581	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 350 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO CHILD ABUSE REPORTING.

Establishes that the exemption from mandatory reporting by members of the clergy does not apply when the clergy member believes that there exists a substantial risk that child abuse or neglect that is especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel, manifesting exceptional depravity, may occur in the reasonably foreseeable future. (SD1)

Version chain

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

1. HB350 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB350_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB350_HD2 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB350_SD1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• The committee on HUS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 6–1 (pass) · lower
• Reconsider: The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Reconsider: The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 9–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• ICHIYAMA — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-06-14 Act 080, 06/14/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1181). became-law
• 2023-06-14 Act 080, on 06/14/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1181). 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 1 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. 872). receipt
• 2023-04-25 Reconsideration of action taken on 04-06-23.
• 2023-04-20 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 931). receipt
• 2023-04-20 Senate Conferees Appointed: Aquino Chair; Rhoads Co-Chair; Shimabukuro.
• 2023-04-11 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 666). receipt
• 2023-04-06 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). amendment-failure
• 2023-04-05 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 661) in amended form (SD 1).
• 2023-04-05 Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2023-04-04 One Day Notice 04-05-23.
• 2023-04-04 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1584) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
• 2023-03-30 The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. 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.
• 2023-03-24 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-03-24 Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1395) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
• 2023-03-22 The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, Aquino, Moriwaki, Shimabukuro; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-16 The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 03-22-23 1:01PM; 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. 275). introduction, receipt
• 2023-03-07 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia voting no (1) 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. 1090) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2023-02-17 The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Takayama, Ganaden, Holt, Hashimoto, Ichiyama, Ilagan, Mizuno, Souza; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kong. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-15 Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Friday, 02-17-23 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2023-02-08 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on JHA with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Ward voting no (2) and none excused (0). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-02-08 Reported from HUS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 203) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to JHA.
• 2023-01-31 The committee on HUS recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 6 Ayes: Representative(s) Mizuno, Belatti, Ilagan, Kobayashi, Takenouchi, Nishimoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Garcia; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Amato. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-01-27 Bill scheduled to be heard by HUS on Tuesday, 01-31-23 9:30AM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2023-01-25 Referred to HUS, JHA, referral sheet 1 referral-committee
• 2023-01-20 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
• 2023-01-19 Pending introduction.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6282dd60-b072-4b84-a2d4-cfc086c2f1d6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).