republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2023-regular-session/hb-980.md

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Bill	RELATING TO FORFEITURE PURSUANT TO SECTION 804-51, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES.	Allows notice of a bond or recognizance forfeiture to be sent to either the surety (bond company) or surety insurer (insurance company), by certified mail, to start the thirty-day forfeiture countdown for the surety or surety insurer to locate and surrender a principal (criminal defendant) or file a motion or application to set aside the bond or recognizance forfeiture. Provides the State with an avenue to appeal when the court grants a motion or application to set aside a bail bond forfeiture. (SD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2023 Regular Session	HB 980	Hawaii HB 980 (2023 Regular Session)	bill	Bond or Recognizance Forfeiture	enacted	SAIKI	2	31	2	2023-01-23	2023-06-30	openstates	ocd-bill/bbca3661-727d-4466-ad6f-4cd46e64140f	https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=980&year=2023	b9103c25833051f7b5910113e69c9e335c333f702e43d0f2aa0e1b0d8c0be608	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii HB 980 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO FORFEITURE PURSUANT TO SECTION 804-51, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES.

Allows notice of a bond or recognizance forfeiture to be sent to either the surety (bond company) or surety insurer (insurance company), by certified mail, to start the thirty-day forfeiture countdown for the surety or surety insurer to locate and surrender a principal (criminal defendant) or file a motion or application to set aside the bond or recognizance forfeiture. Provides the State with an avenue to appeal when the court grants a motion or application to set aside a bail bond forfeiture. (SD1)

Version chain

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

1. HB980 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB980_SD1 (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, UNAMENDED. — 9–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• SAIKI — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-06-30 Act 154, 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1257). became-law
• 2023-06-30 Act 154, on 06/29/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1257). 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. 871). receipt
• 2023-04-25 Reconsideration of action taken on 03-31-23.
• 2023-04-21 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 943). receipt
• 2023-04-21 Senate Conferees Appointed: Rhoads Chair; Gabbard, Awa.
• 2023-04-03 Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 512). receipt
• 2023-03-31 House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). amendment-failure
• 2023-03-30 Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 523) in amended form (SD 1).
• 2023-03-30 Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 2 (Senator(s) Fukunaga, Richards). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2023-03-28 48 Hrs. Notice 03-30-23.
• 2023-03-28 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-03-28 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1425) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2023-03-17 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
• 2023-03-14 The committee(s) on JDC deferred the measure until 03-17-23 10:30AM; Conference Room 016. deferral
• 2023-03-10 The committee(s) on JDC has scheduled a public hearing on 03-14-23 9:30AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
• 2023-03-09 Referred to JDC. referral-committee
• 2023-03-07 Passed First Reading. reading-1
• 2023-03-07 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 189). introduction, receipt
• 2023-03-03 Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Alcos, Matayoshi excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2023-03-02 Passed Second Reading; placed on the calendar for Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
• 2023-03-02 Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 797), recommending passage on Second Reading and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
• 2023-02-17 The committee on JHA recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. 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.
• 2023-01-30 Referred to JHA, referral sheet 3 referral-committee
• 2023-01-25 Introduced and Pass First Reading. introduction, reading-1
• 2023-01-23 Pending introduction.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bbca3661-727d-4466-ad6f-4cd46e64140f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).