republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2023-regular-session/hb-581.md

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Bill	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)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2023 Regular Session	HB 581	Hawaii HB 581 (2023 Regular Session)	bill	Child Custody Evaluators Family Court Judiciary Training	enacted	AMATO BELATTI COCHRAN HUSSEY-BURDICK ICHIYAMA KAPELA KITAGAWA LAMOSAO LOWEN MARTEN MARTINEZ MATSUMOTO MORIKAWA PERRUSO POEPOE TAKENOUCHI	5	38	4	2023-01-20	2023-06-14	openstates	ocd-bill/855561c7-493b-444e-82b5-1863f37dce88	https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=581&year=2023	42f8dc4a2a89594c1214c54604aad0e41f45bc288f870de423d8dd499f7d81de	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. HB581_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB581_HD2 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB581_SD1 (committee substitute) — source
5. HB581_SD2 (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/855561c7-493b-444e-82b5-1863f37dce88. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).