republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2023-regular-session/sb-151.md

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Bill	RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT REFORM.	Requires any department or agency employing law enforcement officers to maintain publicly available policies on minimum standards on the use of force. Allows use of force policies and training to be introduced as evidence in proceedings. Requires law enforcement officers to report the use of excessive force by another law enforcement officer. Requires that law enforcement officers receive training designed to minimize the use of excessive force. Effective 1/1/2024. (CD1)	us/states/hi	Hawaii Legislature	2023 Regular Session	SB 151	Hawaii SB 151 (2023 Regular Session)	bill	Law Enforcement Officers Policies Reports Training Use of Force	enacted	CHANG RHOADS	6	47	6	2023-01-17	2023-07-05	openstates	ocd-bill/65257434-891f-4ab6-acdd-f51ac75ed255	https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=151&year=2023	cca401e073c75efabb4f3f10622ac3e13dfa2c5238d5abbfcd1f02592a97d703	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-hi

Hawaii SB 151 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT REFORM.

Requires any department or agency employing law enforcement officers to maintain publicly available policies on minimum standards on the use of force. Allows use of force policies and training to be introduced as evidence in proceedings. Requires law enforcement officers to report the use of excessive force by another law enforcement officer. Requires that law enforcement officers receive training designed to minimize the use of excessive force. Effective 1/1/2024. (CD1)

Version chain

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

1. SB151 (committee substitute) — source
2. SB151_CD1 (committee substitute) — source
3. SB151_HD1 (committee substitute) — source
4. SB151_HD2 (committee substitute) — source
5. SB151_SD1 (committee substitute) — source
6. SB151_SD2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — 3–0 (pass) · lower
• The committee on JHA 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. — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–1 (pass) · upper
• The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 3–0 (pass) · upper
• The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — 16–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• CHANG — primary (person)
• RHOADS — primary (person)
• Shimabukuro — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-07-05 Act 190, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1293). became-law
• 2023-07-05 Act 190, on 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1293). became-law
• 2023-05-03 Enrolled to Governor. executive-receipt
• 2023-05-04 Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 900). receipt
• 2023-05-02 Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 993). receipt
• 2023-05-02 Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with Representative(s) Souza voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Kong voting no (3) and none excused (0). passage
• 2023-05-02 Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none. passage
• 2023-04-28 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 05-02-23.
• 2023-04-28 Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 72) as amended in (CD 1).
• 2023-04-28 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-02-23.
• 2023-04-28 Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 72).
• 2023-04-27 The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Tarnas, Nishimoto; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Souza; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
• 2023-04-27 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) Wakai, Rhoads, Elefante; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-26 Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-27-23 4:30PM; Conference Room 016.
• 2023-04-25 Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-26-23 4:45PM; Conference Room 016.
• 2023-04-24 Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 976). receipt
• 2023-04-24 Senate Conferees Appointed: Wakai Chair; Rhoads Co-Chair; Elefante.
• 2023-04-24 Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 840). receipt
• 2023-04-21 House Conferees Appointed: Tarnas, Nishimoto Co-Chairs; Souza.
• 2023-04-13 Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 888). receipt
• 2023-04-13 Senate disagrees with House amendments. amendment-failure
• 2023-04-13 Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 726). introduction, receipt
• 2023-04-11 Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with Representative(s) Matsumoto, Souza voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Alcos, Garcia, Ward voting no (3) and Representative(s) Todd excused (1). Transmitted to Senate. passage
• 2023-04-06 Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 04-11-23.
• 2023-04-06 Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2102) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
• 2023-04-03 The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 16 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Cochran, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kila, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Nishimoto, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Alcos; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Ward; Noes: none; and Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-31 Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Monday, 04-03-23 2:30PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2023-03-21 Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia voting no (1) and Representative(s) Quinlan excused (1). reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-03-21 Reported from JHA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1393) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
• 2023-03-16 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
• 2023-03-14 Bill scheduled to be heard by JHA on Thursday, 03-16-23 2:00PM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
• 2023-03-09 Referred to JHA, FIN, referral sheet 17 referral-committee
• 2023-03-09 Pass First Reading reading-1
• 2023-03-07 Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 94) in amended form (SD 2). introduction, receipt
• 2023-03-07 Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fevella. Noes, 1 (Senator(s) Awa). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Fukunaga). Transmitted to House. passage
• 2023-03-03 48 Hrs. Notice 03-07-23.
• 2023-03-03 Reported from JDC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 990) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
• 2023-03-01 The committee(s) on JDC recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in JDC were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Rhoads, Gabbard, Elefante, San Buenaventura; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 0 Excused: none. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-23 The committee(s) on JDC deferred the measure until 03-01-23 9:20AM; Conference Room 016. deferral
• 2023-02-21 The committee(s) on JDC will hold a public decision making on 02-23-23 9:45AM; Conference Room 016 & Videoconference.
• 2023-02-14 Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to JDC. reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-02-14 Reported from PSM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 255) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to JDC.
• 2023-02-10 The committee(s) on PSM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in PSM were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Wakai, Elefante, McKelvey; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 1 No(es): Senator(s) Awa; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fukunaga. committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-07 The committee(s) on PSM has scheduled a public hearing on 02-10-23 3:05PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.
• 2023-01-23 Referred to PSM, JDC. referral-committee
• 2023-01-18 Introduced and passed First Reading. introduction
• 2023-01-17 Pending Introduction.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/65257434-891f-4ab6-acdd-f51ac75ed255. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).